Take-home slipsLamentations 3:25-26

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

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

Lamentations 3:25-26 The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.The LORD is ____ unto them that ____ for Him, to ___ soul that seeketh ___. It is good ____ a man should ______ wait for the ______ of the LORD.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.The ____ ___ good ____ ____ that ____ ___ Him, ___ ___ soul ____ ______ Him. ___ ___ good ____ ___ man ______ ______ wait ___ ___ salvation ___ ___ LORD.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T L i g u t t w f H, t t s t s H. I i g t a m s q w f t s o t L.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Lamentations 3:25-26

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

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

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

Lamentations 3:25-26 The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.The LORD is ____ unto them that ____ for Him, to ___ soul that seeketh ___. It is good ____ a man should ______ wait for the ______ of the LORD.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.The ____ ___ good ____ ____ that ____ ___ Him, ___ ___ soul ____ ______ Him. ___ ___ good ____ ___ man ______ ______ wait ___ ___ salvation ___ ___ LORD.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T L i g u t t w f H, t t s t s H. I i g t a m s q w f t s o t L.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Lamentations 3:25-26

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