EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
||: (3x) HALLELUJAH-lf, HALLELUJAH-rt, HALLELUJAH-ctr. :|| HALLELUJAH-ctr.
||: KNOW-THAT THE-rt LORD GOD ALL-POWERFUL REIGNS.
HALLELUJAH-lf, HALLELUJAH-rt, HALLELUJAH-ctr. HALLELUJAH-ctr. :||
KNOW-THAT THE-rt LORD GOD ALL-POWERFUL REIGNS.
||: (4x) HALLELUJAH-lf, HALLELUJAH-rt, HALLELUJAH-ctr. :|| HALLELUJAH-lf, HALLELUJAH-rt.
KINGDOM HERE OUR WORLD BECOME
OUR LORD HIS-rt KINGDOM ||: AND HIS-rt CHRIST; :||
||: (4x) AND HE-lf SHALL REIGN FOREVER-AND-EVER. :||
||: (3x) KING SUPREME FOREVER-AND-EVER. HALLELUJAH-lf, HALLELUJAH-rt.
AND LORD SUPREME FOREVER-AND-EVER. HALLELUJAH-lf, HALLELUJAH-rt. :||
KING SUPREME AND LORD SUPREME,
||: AND HE-lf SHALL REIGN FOREVER-AND-EVER. :||
KING SUPREME FOREVER-AND-EVER.
HALLELUJAH-lf, HALLELUJAH-rt!
AND HE-lf SHALL REIGN ||: FOREVER-AND-EVER, :||
||: KING SUPREME AND LORD SUPREME. :||
AND HE-lf SHALL REIGN FOREVER-AND-EVER.
KING SUPREME AND LORD SUPREME
||: HALLELUJAH-lf, HALLELUJAH-rt. :||
(pause, then very drawn out) HALLELUJAH-ctr.
Notes: The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.
HALLELUJAH-lf, HALLELUJAH-rt, HALLELUJAH-ctr - Twist > lf and sign Hallelujah! (CLAP-HANDS~CELEBRATE + open hands into (2h)[5] while lifting), twist > rt and sign Hallelujah!, finally come back to center and sign Hallelujah!
KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.
THE - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
ALL-POWERFUL - COMPLETE POWERFUL, that is, (2h)[B^], DH circles around and lands in the palm of NDH, PO up, FO > DS + FT of [C] strike biceps and immediately pull away. For a QuickTime file of COMPLETE, see ASL Pro: Whole.
REIGNS - CONTROL.
KINGDOM - KING + [5], PO down, FO away, circles horizontally. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Kingdom.
FOREVER-AND-EVER - ALWAYS + DH [Y], PO > signer, FO up, swings outwards with PO turning away. With DH still held in its final position, NDH [Y], PO > signer, FO up, swings outwards with PO turning away.
SUPREME - (2h)[A], FOs away, DH starts below NDH and arcs around it until it is on top.
Lyrics:
||: (10x) Hallelujah! :||
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
||: (4x) Hallelujah! :||
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
||: (4x) Hallelujah! :||
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
||: (14x) Hallelujah! :||
The kingdom of this world is become
the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and of His Christ;
||: (4x) and He shall reign for ever and ever. :||
||: (3x) King of Kings, for ever and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
and Lord of Lords, for ever and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! :||
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords,
||: and He shall reign for ever and ever. :||
King of Kings
for ever and ever. ||: Hallelujah!:||
And He shall reign ||: for ever and ever, :||
||: King of Kings,
and Lord of Lords, :||
and He shall reign for ever and ever,
King of Kings,
and Lord of Lords.
||: (5x) Hallelujah! :||
To hear a performance of this song, go to Hallelujah - G.F. Handel "Messiah" - Bethany College Choir.