Take-home slipsPsalm 142:4-5

How to learn a verseBSB

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

Psalm 142:4-5 Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. I cry to You, O LORD: “You are 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 to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Look to my _____ and see; no ___ attends to me. _____ is no refuge ___ me; no one _____ for my soul. ___ cry to You, ___ LORD: “You are ___ refuge, my portion ___ the land of ___ living.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Look ___ ___ right ___ ___; no ___ ______ to ___. _____ is ___ ______ for ___; ___ one _____ ___ my ____. ___ cry ___ ___, O ____: “___ are ___ ______, my ______ ___ the ____ ___ the ______.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L t m r a s; n o a t m. T i n r f m; n o c f m s. I c t Y, O L: “Y 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 verseBSB

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

Psalm 142:4-5 Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. I cry to You, O LORD: “You are 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 to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Look to my _____ and see; no ___ attends to me. _____ is no refuge ___ me; no one _____ for my soul. ___ cry to You, ___ LORD: “You are ___ refuge, my portion ___ the land of ___ living.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Look ___ ___ right ___ ___; no ___ ______ to ___. _____ is ___ ______ for ___; ___ one _____ ___ my ____. ___ cry ___ ___, O ____: “___ are ___ ______, my ______ ___ the ____ ___ the ______.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L t m r a s; n o a t m. T i n r f m; n o c f m s. I c t Y, O L: “Y 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.