Take-home slipsPsalm 139:9-10

How to learn a verseDRA

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

Psalm 139:9-10 Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph. The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph. The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Give me not ___, O Lord, from ___ desire to the ______: they have plotted ______ me; do not ____ forsake me, lest ____ should triumph. The ____ of them compassing ___ about: the labour ___ their lips shall ______ them.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Give ___ ___ up, ___ ____, from ___ ______ to ___ ______: they ____ ______ against ___; ___ not ____ ______ me, ____ ____ should ______. ___ head ___ ____ compassing ___ _____: the ______ ___ their ____ _____ overwhelm ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.G m n u, O L, f m d t t w: t h p a m; d n t f m, l t s t. T h o t c m a: t l o t l s o 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 verseDRA

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

Psalm 139:9-10 Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph. The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph. The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Give me not ___, O Lord, from ___ desire to the ______: they have plotted ______ me; do not ____ forsake me, lest ____ should triumph. The ____ of them compassing ___ about: the labour ___ their lips shall ______ them.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Give ___ ___ up, ___ ____, from ___ ______ to ___ ______: they ____ ______ against ___; ___ not ____ ______ me, ____ ____ should ______. ___ head ___ ____ compassing ___ _____: the ______ ___ their ____ _____ overwhelm ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.G m n u, O L, f m d t t w: t h p a m; d n t f m, l t s t. T h o t c m a: t l o t l s o 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.