The Deer–Memorizing Psalm 42:5-6

The Deer--Memorizing Psalm 42:5-6

Ronda

2 Oct, 2022

Memorizing Bible Verses: Psalm 42:5-6 (ESV-English Standard Version)

An important part of keeping God’s word in your heart and having it available for when you need to quote it to fight against the devil’s temptations is to memorize scripture. There are many ways to do this including singing verses, using pneumonic devices, and old-fashioned look and don’t look as you try to say the verse. Here is a technique that I learned from memverse.com. Try it out and see if it works for you. I recommend that you focus on these two verses every day for a week before going on to the next two. My goal is that you will memorize all of Psalm 42. There are only 11 verses, which would take you about a month and a half to memorize at the rate that I am suggesting. There is a beautiful song called “As the Deer” based on verses one and two.

Step 1: First read or sing or chant the verses several times.

(Verse 5) Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation 
(Verse 6)  and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Step 2: Now try saying the verses with words missing.

(Verse 5)  ___________ are you cast down, O my soul, and ___________ are you in turmoil within me? ___________ in God; for I shall again praise him, my ___________
(Verse 6) and my God. ___________ soul is cast down within ___________; therefore ___________ remember ___________ from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Step 3: Try saying the verses with more words missing.

(Verse 5)  ___________ are you ___________ down, O my ___________, and ___________ are you in turmoil within me? ___________ in ___________; for I shall again praise him, my ___________
(Verse 6) and my ___________. ___________ ___________ is ___________ down within ___________; therefore ___________ remember ___________ from the land of ___________ and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Step 4: Try saying the verses with even more words missing.

(Verse 5)  ___________ are you ___________ ___________, O my ___________, and ___________ are you in ___________ within me? ___________ in ___________; for I shall again ___________ him, my ___________
(Verse 6) and my ___________. ___________ ___________ is ___________ ___________ within ___________; therefore ___________ remember ___________ from the ___________ of ___________ and of ___________, from Mount Mizar.

Step 5: Try saying the verses with even more words missing.

(Verse 5)  ___________ are you ___________ ___________, O my ___________, and ___________ are ___________ in ___________ ___________ me? ___________ in ___________; ___________ I shall ___________ ___________ him, ___________ ___________
(Verse 6) ___________ my ___________. ___________ ___________ is ___________ ___________ within ___________; ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ from the ___________ of ___________ and of ___________, ___________ Mount ___________.

Step 6: Try saying the verses with only blanks.
(Verse 5)  ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________? ___________ ___________ ___________; ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________
(Verse 6) ___________ ___________ ___________. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________; ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________.

Final Step: Try saying the verses without blanks: Psalm 42:5-6.