Create in me - Bob Hurd

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 29 March 2003, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

Refrain: MAKE INSIDE-SELF ME CLEAN HEART.

1. HAVE-MERCY-ON-me ME, GOD. PLEASE SOFT-HEARTED. MY SIN, REMOVE. MY GUILT, THROW-OUT. Refrain

2. MAKE MY HEART PURE AND TEACH-me ME BECOME WISE. HAPPEN? COMPARE SNOW, ME MORE CLEAN WILL. Refrain

3. AGAIN GIVE-TO-me alt.HAPPY. WHY? MYSELF SAVED. HELP-me ME HAVE SPIRIT WILLING HELP"each". Refrain


Notes: INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.

ME - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

HAVE-MERCY-ON-me - (2h)[open 8], POs > signer, hands move in vertical circles normal (perpendicular) to the chest. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Mercy - 2.

SOFT-HEARTED - HEART + (2h)[5^] descend slightly twice while closing to (2h)[O^].

PURE - like NICE but the DH moves backwards slightly on the palm, pauses, then moves forward rapidly to show intensity.

Lyrics:

Refrain: Create in me a clean heart.

1. Have mercy on me, God, in your compassion. Remove my sin. Wash me from my guilt.

2. O purify my heart and teach me wisdom; then I shall be cleaner than the snow.

3. O give me back the joy of your salvation; a willing spirit sustain in me.

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