Take-home slipsPsalm 142:4-5

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 142:4-5 Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me. I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me. I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Therefore my spirit ___ grieved in me; ___ heart was troubled ______ me. I remembered ___ days of old; ___ I meditated on ___ thy doings: yea, ___ meditated on the _____ of thine hands.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Therefore ___ ______ was ______ ___ me; ___ _____ was ______ ______ me. ___ ______ the ____ ___ old; ___ ___ meditated ___ ___ thy ______: ___, I ______ ___ the _____ ___ thine _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T m s w g i m; m h w t w m. I r t d o o; a I m o a t d: y, I m o t w o t h.
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 verseBrenton Septuagint

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

Psalm 142:4-5 Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me. I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me. I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Therefore my spirit ___ grieved in me; ___ heart was troubled ______ me. I remembered ___ days of old; ___ I meditated on ___ thy doings: yea, ___ meditated on the _____ of thine hands.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Therefore ___ ______ was ______ ___ me; ___ _____ was ______ ______ me. ___ ______ the ____ ___ old; ___ ___ meditated ___ ___ thy ______: ___, I ______ ___ the _____ ___ thine _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T m s w g i m; m h w t w m. I r t d o o; a I m o a t d: y, I m o t w o t h.
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.