Take-home slipsPsalm 25:4-5

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 25:4-5 Show me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths. Guide me in Thy truth, and teach me; for Thou art the God of my salvation; for Thee do I wait all the day.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Show me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths. Guide me in Thy truth, and teach me; for Thou art the God of my salvation; for Thee do I wait all the day.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Show me Thy ____, O LORD; teach ___ Thy paths. Guide ___ in Thy truth, ___ teach me; for ____ art the God ___ my salvation; for ____ do I wait ___ the day.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Show ___ ___ ways, ___ ____; teach ___ ___ paths. _____ ___ in ___ _____, and _____ ___; for ____ ___ the ___ ___ my ______; ___ Thee ___ ___ wait ___ ___ day.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S m T w, O L; t m T p. G m i T t, a t m; f T a t G o m s; f T d I w a t d.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 25:4-5

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 25:4-5 Show me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths. Guide me in Thy truth, and teach me; for Thou art the God of my salvation; for Thee do I wait all the day.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Show me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths. Guide me in Thy truth, and teach me; for Thou art the God of my salvation; for Thee do I wait all the day.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Show me Thy ____, O LORD; teach ___ Thy paths. Guide ___ in Thy truth, ___ teach me; for ____ art the God ___ my salvation; for ____ do I wait ___ the day.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Show ___ ___ ways, ___ ____; teach ___ ___ paths. _____ ___ in ___ _____, and _____ ___; for ____ ___ the ___ ___ my ______; ___ Thee ___ ___ wait ___ ___ day.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S m T w, O L; t m T p. G m i T t, a t m; f T a t G o m s; f T d I w a t d.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 25:4-5

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