Take-home slipsPsalm 131:2

How to learn a verseYLT

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

Psalm 131:2 Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me [is] my soul.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me [is] my soul.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Have I not ______, and kept silent ___ soul, As a ______ one by its ______? As a weaned ___ by me [is] ___ soul.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Have ___ ___ compared, ___ ____ silent ___ ____, As ___ ______ one ___ ___ mother? ___ ___ weaned ___ ___ me [___] ___ soul.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.H I n c, a k s m s, A a w o b i m? A a w o b m [i] m s.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 131:2

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

How to learn a verseYLT

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

Psalm 131:2 Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me [is] my soul.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me [is] my soul.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Have I not ______, and kept silent ___ soul, As a ______ one by its ______? As a weaned ___ by me [is] ___ soul.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Have ___ ___ compared, ___ ____ silent ___ ____, As ___ ______ one ___ ___ mother? ___ ___ weaned ___ ___ me [___] ___ soul.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.H I n c, a k s m s, A a w o b i m? A a w o b m [i] m s.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 131:2

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