Take-home slipsPsalm 142:4-5

How to learn a verseLSV

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

Psalm 142:4-5 Looking on the right hand—and seeing, || And I have none recognizing; Refuge has perished from me, || There is none inquiring for my soul. I have cried to you, O YHWH, || I have said, “You [are] my refuge, || My portion in the land of the living.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Looking on the right hand—and seeing, || And I have none recognizing; Refuge has perished from me, || There is none inquiring for my soul. I have cried to you, O YHWH, || I have said, “You [are] my refuge, || My portion in the land of the living.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Looking on the _____ hand—and seeing, || ___ I have none ______; Refuge has perished ____ me, || There is ____ inquiring for my ____. I have cried ___ you, O YHWH, || ___ have said, “You [___] my refuge, || My ______ in the land ___ the living.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Looking ___ ___ right ____—___ seeing, || ___ ___ have ____ ______; Refuge ___ ______ from ___, || _____ is ____ ______ for ___ ____. I ____ _____ to ___, ___ YHWH, || ___ ____ said, “___ [___] my ______, || ___ portion ___ ___ land ___ ___ living.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L o t r h—a s, || A I h n r; R h p f m, || T i n i f m s. I h c t y, O Y, || I h s, “Y [a] m r, || 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 verseLSV

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

Psalm 142:4-5 Looking on the right hand—and seeing, || And I have none recognizing; Refuge has perished from me, || There is none inquiring for my soul. I have cried to you, O YHWH, || I have said, “You [are] my refuge, || My portion in the land of the living.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Looking on the right hand—and seeing, || And I have none recognizing; Refuge has perished from me, || There is none inquiring for my soul. I have cried to you, O YHWH, || I have said, “You [are] my refuge, || My portion in the land of the living.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Looking on the _____ hand—and seeing, || ___ I have none ______; Refuge has perished ____ me, || There is ____ inquiring for my ____. I have cried ___ you, O YHWH, || ___ have said, “You [___] my refuge, || My ______ in the land ___ the living.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Looking ___ ___ right ____—___ seeing, || ___ ___ have ____ ______; Refuge ___ ______ from ___, || _____ is ____ ______ for ___ ____. I ____ _____ to ___, ___ YHWH, || ___ ____ said, “___ [___] my ______, || ___ portion ___ ___ land ___ ___ living.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L o t r h—a s, || A I h n r; R h p f m, || T i n i f m s. I h c t y, O Y, || I h s, “Y [a] m r, || 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.