Take-home slipsPsalm 42:5

How to learn a verseYLT

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

Psalm 42:5 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance — My God!

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance — My God!
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.What! bowest thou ______, O my soul? ___, art thou troubled ______ me? Wait for ___, for still I ______ Him: The salvation ___ my countenance — My ___!
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.What! ______ ____ thyself, ___ ___ soul? ___, ___ thou ______ ______ me? ____ ___ God, ___ _____ I ______ ___: The ______ ___ my ______ — ___ God!
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.W! b t t, O m s? Y, a t t w m? W f G, f s I c H: T s o m c — M G!
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 42:5

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 42:5 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance — My God!

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance — My God!
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.What! bowest thou ______, O my soul? ___, art thou troubled ______ me? Wait for ___, for still I ______ Him: The salvation ___ my countenance — My ___!
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.What! ______ ____ thyself, ___ ___ soul? ___, ___ thou ______ ______ me? ____ ___ God, ___ _____ I ______ ___: The ______ ___ my ______ — ___ God!
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.W! b t t, O m s? Y, a t t w m? W f G, f s I c H: T s o m c — M G!
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 42:5

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