Take-home slipsPsalm 142:4-5

How to learn a verseKJV

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

Psalm 142:4-5 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.I looked on ___ right hand, and ______, but there was ___ man that would ____ me: refuge failed ___; no man cared ___ my soul. I _____ unto thee, O ____: I said, Thou ___ my refuge and ___ portion in the ____ of the living.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.I ______ ___ my _____ ____, and ______, ___ there ___ ___ man ____ _____ know ___: ______ failed ___; ___ man _____ ___ my ____. ___ cried ____ ____, O ____: ___ said, ____ ___ my ______ ___ my ______ ___ the ____ ___ the ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I l o m r h, a b, b t w n m t w k m: r f m; n m c f m s. I c u t, O L: I s, T a m r a m p i t l o t l.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 142:4-5

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

How to learn a verseKJV

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

Psalm 142:4-5 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.I looked on ___ right hand, and ______, but there was ___ man that would ____ me: refuge failed ___; no man cared ___ my soul. I _____ unto thee, O ____: I said, Thou ___ my refuge and ___ portion in the ____ of the living.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.I ______ ___ my _____ ____, and ______, ___ there ___ ___ man ____ _____ know ___: ______ failed ___; ___ man _____ ___ my ____. ___ cried ____ ____, O ____: ___ said, ____ ___ my ______ ___ my ______ ___ the ____ ___ the ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I l o m r h, a b, b t w n m t w k m: r f m; n m c f m s. I c u t, O L: I s, T a m r a m p i t l o t l.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 142:4-5

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