Take-home slipsPsalm 56:8

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 56:8 (56-9) Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.(56-9) Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.(56-9) Thou ___ counted my wanderings; ___ Thou my tears ____ Thy bottle; are ____ not in Thy ____?
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.(56-___) ____ has ______ ___ wanderings; ___ ____ my _____ ____ Thy ______; ___ they ___ ___ Thy ____?
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.(5-9) T h c m w; p T m t i T b; a t n i T b?
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 56:8

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 56:8 (56-9) Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.(56-9) Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.(56-9) Thou ___ counted my wanderings; ___ Thou my tears ____ Thy bottle; are ____ not in Thy ____?
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.(56-___) ____ has ______ ___ wanderings; ___ ____ my _____ ____ Thy ______; ___ they ___ ___ Thy ____?
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.(5-9) T h c m w; p T m t i T b; a t n i T b?
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 56:8

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