Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: A familiar proverb reads, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart,-----"

And lean not on your own understanding" (Prov. 3: 5 )

2. A verse which ends a longer quotation begins, "In all your ways acknowledge Him,----"

"And He shell direct your paths" ( Prov. 3: 6 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: Psalm 150 is a pure psalm of praise. In verse 2, the psalmist exhorts us, "Praise Him for His mighty--------; Praise Him

according to His excellent-------!"

2. One of the proverbs says,"---------calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the --------squares."

1. Acts---greatness" (Ps. 150: 2)

This calls attention to Gods works and to His character.

2. Wisdom-----open (Prov. 1: 20)

Poetry---Memory

Sentence completion: "Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?

Or the son of man, that You are-------"

"Mindful of him" (Ps. 144 :3 )

The author of Hebrews applies this verse to Jesus in arguing Christ's

superiority to the angels (Heb. 2: 6 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Search me, O God , and know------- -------; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way------- ."

"My heart---everlasting" ( Ps.139: 23,24 )

2. "Set a guard, O Lord, over my --------; Keep watch over the door of my--------."

"Mouth------lips" ( Ps.141 :3 )

Even the psalmist finds it impossible to control his tongue.

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "If I ascend into -------, You are there; If I make my bed in --------,behold,You are there".

2. I will praise You ,for I am------- and ------- made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well."

3. "My--------- was not hidden from You , When I was made in ---------, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."

1. Heaven----hell (Ps. 139:8 )

2. Fearfully---wonderfully ( Ps. 139: 14 )

3. Frame--- secret ( Ps. 139 : 15 )

"The lowest part of the earth" refers to the mother's womb. The verse acknowledges God's

personal activity in the formation of every child.

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Behold, -------- are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the -------is His reward."

2. "Like------in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth."

3. "Where can I go from Your--------? Or where can I flee from Your

-------?

1. children---womb (Ps. 127: 3 )

2. "Arrows" (Ps. 127: 4 )

To be useful the arrow must be taken from the quiver and shot. So

there comes a time to skillfully release our children.

3. "Spirit-----presence" (Ps. 139: 7 )

The psalmist does not speak this way because he wants to escape God's

presence, but because he is awed by how much God desires to be with him.

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your ---------

at your right hand".

2. Those who sow in -------Shall reap in--------."

3. "Unless-------- -------- builds the --------, They labor in vain who build it."

1. Shade (Ps. 121: 5)

2. Tears---joy (Ps. 126: 5 )

This psalm has reference to the return from captivity (vv. 1-4 )

"The tears" refer to the time of captivity and "the joy" to the return.

3. "The Lord------house" (Ps. 127: 1 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: The psalmist prays"-------my -------, that I

may see Wondrous things from Your law."

2. "Your word is a lamp to my ---------And a light to my --------."

3. Sentence completion: " I will lift up my eyes to the hills----From

whence comes my help? My help---"

1. Open---eyes (Ps. 119: 18 )

The ability to discern what is being taught in the Scripture comes from God.

Paul says the things of the Spirit of God are spiritually discerned

( 1 Cor. 2: 14 ).

2. Feet---path--(Ps. 119: 105 )

The imagery is of God giving guidance to our lives through Scripture.

3. "Comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth"

(Ps. 121: 1,2 ).

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: "Blessed is he who comes---"

2. Fill in the blank: "How can a young man-------his way? By taking heed according to Your word."

3. Sentence completion: "Your word I have hidden in my heart, That------"

1. "In the name of the Lord! (Ps. 118: 26 ).

This verse was shouted by the people at Jesus entry into Jerusalem a week before His crucifixion (Matt. 21: 9;23: 39; Mark 11:9; Luke 13: 35;19:38 ).

2. "cleanse" (Ps. 119:9 )

3. "I might not sin against You" (Ps. 119:11)

To hide the Word is to memorize and meditate upon it.

Poetry---Memory

Sentence completion:

"This is the day the Lord has made; We will------

"Rejoice and be glad in it" ( Psalm 118:24 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blank: "What shall I render to the Lord For all His --------

toward me"?

2. Sentence completion: "The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become ---"

3. "The stone which the builders rejected Has become---"

1. "Benefits" (Ps. 116: 12)

The psalmist's answer is that he will call on the name of the Lord and declare what God has done for him (vv13, 14 ).

2. ---My salvation (Ps. 118:14 )

3. ----'The chief cornerstone " (Ps. 118: 22 ).

In Ephesians 2:20, the church is seen as a building built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Jesus being the" chief cornerstone".

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: Jesus quoted Psalm 110:1, which reads, "The Lord said

to my Lord, Sit ------- -------- -------- --------, Till I make Your enemies Your

foot-stool".

2. The psalmist says to the Lord, You have delivered my soul from

--------, My eyes from--------, And my feet---------."

1. "At My right hand" (Ps. 103:13 )

Jesus spoke this to the Pharisees to demonstrate that the Messiah was more then a human son of David because David called Him Lord (Matt.22:41-46.)

2. Death---tears----falling (Ps. 116:8 )

Poetry--Memory

Sentence completion:

"As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those-------

"Who fear Him" (Ps. 103 : 13 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: 'For the Lord is --------; His-------is everlasting, And His ---------endures to all generations."

2. "Bless the Lord,O my soul ;And all------- ------- -------- ---------, bless His holy name."

3. "The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to ---------, and abounding

in -------."

1. Good---mercy---truth (Ps. 100 :5 )

2. "That is within me" (Ps. 103 : 1 )

3. Anger---mercy ( Ps.103:8 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with--------; Come before His presence with --------."

2. "Know that the Lord, -------- --------- --------; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves."

3. "Enter into His gates with -------, And into His courts with -------.

Be thankful to Him, and bless-------- -------."

1. Gladness---singing (Ps. 100:1,2 )

2. He is God (Ps 100: 3 )

3. Thanksgiving----praise-----His name (Ps. 100: 4 )

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall

-------in the courts of our God."

2. "Oh come, let us --------and ------- -------; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker."

3. "For the Lord is great and greatly ------ ------- ------;He is to be feared

above all gods."

1. Flourish (Ps. 92 :13 )

2. Worship----bow---down (Ps. 95 : 6 )

3. "To be praised" (Ps. 96: 4 )

Poetry- Memory

Sentence completion: "For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways . They shall bear you up in their hands, Lest you

--------"

Dash your foot against a stone." (Ps. 91: 11, 12 )

This verse was quoted by the Devil to Jesus when he tempted Him to

cast Himself down from the pinnacle of the temple (Matt. 4: 5,6 ).

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under---".

2. Fill in the blanks: "He shall-------you with His feathers, And under His

-------you shall take refuge."

1. "The shadow of the Almighty "(Ps. 91:1)

To dwell in the Lord's shadow is to live under His protection.

2. cover---wings (Ps. 90:4 )

As a mother bird protects her young from all danger, so the Lord

protects the psalmist from all that might harm him.

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting,

-------are--------."

2."So teach us to ----------our--------, That we may gain a heart of wisdom."

1. You---God (Ps. 90:2 )

2. Number ---days (Ps.90:12)

In light of the brevity of life the believer must make every minute count for the Lord.

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: " For a day in Your courts is better then a -------.

I would rather be a -------in the house of my God Than dwell in the ------

of wickedness."

2. "Lord, You have been our ------ -------in all generations."

1. Thousand----doorkeeper----tents (Ps 84:10)

2. "Dwelling --place" (Ps 90:1 )

Psalm 90 is perhaps the oldest of psalms in the Psalter, having been written by Moses.