Take-home slipsPsalm 142:4-5

How to learn a verseASV

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Psalm 142:4-5 Look on my right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Look on my right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Look on my _____ hand, and see; ___ there is no ___ that knoweth me: ______ hath failed me; ___ man careth for ___ soul. I cried ____ thee, O Jehovah; ___ said, Thou art ___ refuge, My portion ___ the land of ___ living.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Look ___ ___ right ____, ___ see; ___ _____ is ___ ___ that ______ ___: Refuge ____ ______ me; ___ ___ careth ___ ___ soul. ___ _____ unto ____, ___ Jehovah; ___ ____, Thou ___ ___ refuge, ___ ______ in ___ ____ of ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L o m r h, a s; F t i n m t k m: R h f m; N m c f m s. I c u t, O J; I s, T a m r, M p i t l o t l.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 142:4-5

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseASV

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Psalm 142:4-5 Look on my right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Look on my right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Look on my _____ hand, and see; ___ there is no ___ that knoweth me: ______ hath failed me; ___ man careth for ___ soul. I cried ____ thee, O Jehovah; ___ said, Thou art ___ refuge, My portion ___ the land of ___ living.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Look ___ ___ right ____, ___ see; ___ _____ is ___ ___ that ______ ___: Refuge ____ ______ me; ___ ___ careth ___ ___ soul. ___ _____ unto ____, ___ Jehovah; ___ ____, Thou ___ ___ refuge, ___ ______ in ___ ____ of ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L o m r h, a s; F t i n m t k m: R h f m; N m c f m s. I c u t, O J; I s, T a m r, M p i t l o t l.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 142:4-5

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.