Take-home slipsPsalm 127:2

How to learn a verseLSV

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

Psalm 127:2 Vain for you who are rising early, || Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, || So He gives sleep to His beloved one.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Vain for you who are rising early, || Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, || So He gives sleep to His beloved one.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Vain for you ___ are rising early, || ___ delay sitting, eating ___ bread of griefs, || ___ He gives sleep ___ His beloved one.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Vain ___ ___ who ___ ______ early, || ___ _____ sitting, ______ ___ bread ___ ______, || So ___ _____ sleep ___ ___ beloved ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.V f y w a r e, || W d s, e t b o g, || S H g s t H b o.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 127:2

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

How to learn a verseLSV

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

Psalm 127:2 Vain for you who are rising early, || Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, || So He gives sleep to His beloved one.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Vain for you who are rising early, || Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, || So He gives sleep to His beloved one.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Vain for you ___ are rising early, || ___ delay sitting, eating ___ bread of griefs, || ___ He gives sleep ___ His beloved one.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Vain ___ ___ who ___ ______ early, || ___ _____ sitting, ______ ___ bread ___ ______, || So ___ _____ sleep ___ ___ beloved ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.V f y w a r e, || W d s, e t b o g, || S H g s t H b o.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 127:2

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