Take-home slipsPsalm 39:7

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 39:7 Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Sacrifice and offering ____ wouldest not; but ___ body hast thou ______ me: whole-burnt-______ and sacrifice for ___ thou didst not ______.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Sacrifice ___ ______ thou ______ ___; but ___ ____ hast ____ ______ me: _____-_____-offering ___ ______ for ___ ____ didst ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S a o t w n; b a b h t p m: w-b-o a s f s t d n r.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 39:7

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 39:7 Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Sacrifice and offering ____ wouldest not; but ___ body hast thou ______ me: whole-burnt-______ and sacrifice for ___ thou didst not ______.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Sacrifice ___ ______ thou ______ ___; but ___ ____ hast ____ ______ me: _____-_____-offering ___ ______ for ___ ____ didst ___ ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S a o t w n; b a b h t p m: w-b-o a s f s t d n r.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 39:7

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