I could never do it!
Do what?
Memorize a whole Psalm from the Bible!
Yeah that's not so easy, BUT you can learn one verse of a Psalm.
Let's look at Psalm 19
Many people think they could never manage to memorize a whole Psalm or a whole chapter of Scripture.
It is a rather daunting challenge especially if you have never learned any scripture before.
So we are not going to tackle all of Psalm 19 here but we will take on verse 14.
So in memorizing this verse we will look at 3 things:
- Memorising Tips
- A Video of Psalm 19 v 14
- Some Freebies to help you.
Before we start let me say that I am using the King James version here for 3 reasons
1. I like to stick to versions that I know are not paraphrases because I want to concentrate on the Word of God and not adding in other ideas.
2. I was brought up learning from the KJV as a child and so those verses and passages have remained in my mind and I do not mind the somewhat older type language most of the time.
3. Often the KJV gives a more poetic feel to the verses and that makes it easier to learn.
- Memorising Tips
If you read the Top 10 Ways to Learn Scripture you will see that I give 10 tips to help in this process but we don't have to use all 10 of them on each verse - just the ones that suit best with the verse.
For Psalm 19 v 14 I'm going to advise using tips 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10
1. Read the verse often, every day, multiple times in the day.
This verse (and many of the verses in the Psalms) has a kind of rhythm or flow to it because of course the Psalms were written originally as songs so it is easy to read so if we write it as follows we can feel the rhythm
" Let the words of my mouth,
and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in thy sight,
O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer."
2. Write out the verse several times.
Writing helps us learn anything.
Use the 4 lines as in tip1 above for the reading when you are writing and naturally you will be saying it in your head as well.
7. Understand the meaning of the verse.
We will never memorize anything properly without having understood the meaning of it and knowing the meaning helps us remember the order of the parts of the verses.
In the verse we have a prayer to God.
The first 3 lines (as written in tip 1 above) are asking God for help to speak, think & behave properly as God would want us to.
Then the last line is acknowledging who God is and that we know He is able to do as we request.
8. Make it easy to see the verse clearly and regularly each day.
We cannot have our Bible at hand every moment of the day so if you feel you need frequent readings of the verse like pop-up reminders then do the following:
Get a post-it pad and write the verse out clearly on it then tear off the post-it and stick it on
- the mirror you will use first thing each morning and last thing each night
- the front cover of your Bible
- the front cover of the book you are currently reading
- the door of the fridge
- the door of the cupboard where you go to get your favourite mug for that cup of coffee
9. Make or use Bible Verse Graphics
The picture of Psalm 19 v 14 near the start of this post is an example of a Bible Verse Graphic.
A picture with the words written on it clearly.
By making these yourself you will learn as you create them.
I post a bible verse graphic every morning on my Facebook Page for Sandra's Ark so if you want to be encouraged by a verse each day or have a graphic you can Share to your timeline or Save in Facebook then click through to my Facebook Page and be sure to like and follow the page to see those graphics in your feed each day.
or Colouring Pages
While colouring in a Bible Verse Page you will be spending time around the words and this also helps to learn the verse.
or Phone Screensavers / Wallpaper
What better use of your phone - to keep that verse in front of you each time you go to check your messages.
For this you will need it to be a suitable portrait shape and size so most of the normal verse graphics you see will not suit.
I have a few verses made out for screen savers & you can download them from
and finally my favourite way but it is not always possible to use this method
10. Sing it.
It is well known that in singing a song you can easily learn the words of the song.
Fred & I have made several short videos of songs/choruses to help you memorize certain verses and you can watch the one for Psalm 19 v 14 below
- A Video of Psalm 19 v 14
I've also prepared a playlist of Short Songs to memorize Scripture on YouTube:
- Some Freebies to help you.
Don't forget that many of my posts on the blog have bible verse graphics and I have some of these available as free downloads in my
