Take-home slipsPsalm 121:1-2

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:

Psalm 121:1-2 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come? My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come? My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.A Song of ______. I will lift ___ mine eyes unto ___ mountains: from whence _____ my help come? ___ help cometh from ___ LORD, who made ______ and earth.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.A ____ ___ Ascents. ___ ____ lift ___ ____ eyes ____ ___ mountains: ____ ______ shall ___ ____ come? ___ ____ cometh ____ ___ LORD, ___ ____ heaven ___ _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A S o A. I w l u m e u t m: f w s m h c? M h c f t L, w m h a e.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 121:1-2

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:

Psalm 121:1-2 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come? My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come? My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.A Song of ______. I will lift ___ mine eyes unto ___ mountains: from whence _____ my help come? ___ help cometh from ___ LORD, who made ______ and earth.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.A ____ ___ Ascents. ___ ____ lift ___ ____ eyes ____ ___ mountains: ____ ______ shall ___ ____ come? ___ ____ cometh ____ ___ LORD, ___ ____ heaven ___ _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A S o A. I w l u m e u t m: f w s m h c? M h c f t L, w m h a e.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 121:1-2

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