Take-home slipsPsalm 13:5-6

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Psalm 13:5-6 They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is his hope.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is his hope.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.They have not ______ upon the Lord: _____ have they trembled ___ fear, where there ___ no fear. For ___ Lord is in ___ just generation: you ____ confounded the counsel ___ the poor man, ___ the Lord is ___ hope.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.They ____ ___ called ____ ___ Lord: _____ ____ they ______ ___ fear, _____ _____ was ___ ____. For ___ ____ is ___ ___ just ______: ___ have ______ ___ counsel ___ ___ poor ___, ___ the ____ ___ his ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T h n c u t L: t h t t f f, w t w n f. F t L i i t j g: y h c t c o t p m, b t L i h h.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 13:5-6

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

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Psalm 13:5-6 They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is his hope.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is his hope.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.They have not ______ upon the Lord: _____ have they trembled ___ fear, where there ___ no fear. For ___ Lord is in ___ just generation: you ____ confounded the counsel ___ the poor man, ___ the Lord is ___ hope.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.They ____ ___ called ____ ___ Lord: _____ ____ they ______ ___ fear, _____ _____ was ___ ____. For ___ ____ is ___ ___ just ______: ___ have ______ ___ counsel ___ ___ poor ___, ___ the ____ ___ his ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T h n c u t L: t h t t f f, w t w n f. F t L i i t j g: y h c t c o t p m, b t L i h h.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 13:5-6

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