Take-home slipsPsalm 139:14

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 139:14 I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.I will give ______ unto Thee, for ___ am fearfully and ______ made; wonderful are ___ works; and that ___ soul knoweth right ____.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.I ____ ____ thanks ____ ____, for ___ ___ fearfully ___ ______ made; ______ ___ Thy _____; ___ that ___ ____ knoweth _____ ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I w g t u T, f I a f a w m; w a T w; a t m s k r w.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 139:14

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 139:14 I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.I will give ______ unto Thee, for ___ am fearfully and ______ made; wonderful are ___ works; and that ___ soul knoweth right ____.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.I ____ ____ thanks ____ ____, for ___ ___ fearfully ___ ______ made; ______ ___ Thy _____; ___ that ___ ____ knoweth _____ ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I w g t u T, f I a f a w m; w a T w; a t m s k r w.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 139:14

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