Take-home slipsPsalm 139:9-10

How to learn a verseBrenton Septuagint

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

Psalm 139:9-10 Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause. As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause. As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Deliver me not, ___ Lord, to the ______, according to my ______: they have devised ______ against me; forsake ___ not, lest they ______ be exalted. Pause. ___ for the head ___ them that compass ___, the mischief of _____ lips shall cover ____.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Deliver ___ ___, O ____, ___ the ______, ______ to ___ ______: they ____ ______ mischief ______ ___; forsake ___ ___, lest ____ ______ be ______. _____. As ___ ___ head ___ ____ that ______ ___, the ______ ___ their ____ _____ cover ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.D m n, O L, t t s, a t m d: t h d m a m; f m n, l t s b e. P. A f t h o t t c m, t m o t l s c t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 139:9-10

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

How to learn a verseBrenton Septuagint

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

Psalm 139:9-10 Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause. As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause. As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Deliver me not, ___ Lord, to the ______, according to my ______: they have devised ______ against me; forsake ___ not, lest they ______ be exalted. Pause. ___ for the head ___ them that compass ___, the mischief of _____ lips shall cover ____.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Deliver ___ ___, O ____, ___ the ______, ______ to ___ ______: they ____ ______ mischief ______ ___; forsake ___ ___, lest ____ ______ be ______. _____. As ___ ___ head ___ ____ that ______ ___, the ______ ___ their ____ _____ cover ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.D m n, O L, t t s, a t m d: t h d m a m; f m n, l t s b e. P. A f t h o t t c m, t m o t l s c t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 139:9-10

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