EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
||: CAN'T SUCCEED WITHOUT YOUR-ctr GRACE. :||
||: (6x) (2h)#NO. :|| ||: (4x) CAN'T SUCCEED WITHOUT YOUR GRACE. :||
WITHOUT YOUR GRACE TAKE-CARE-OF-me
YOUR GRACE SUPPORT ME.
YOUR GRACE, HOW HAPPEN? YOUR GRACE.
GRACE, GRACE, YOUR* GRACE
YOUR GRACE AND MERCY-ON-us (vamp)
THANKS, LORD; THANKS, LORD (vamp)
YOUR GRACE AND MERCY-ON-us (vamp)
Notes: The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.
GRACE - [O^] or [S], held high and PO > Heaven, supinates and opens to [5] while being brought towards head. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Grace.
(2h)#NO - The emphatic single movement form of "no" is used.
TAKE-CARE-OF-me - (2h)[K], FOs > signer, cross at wrist and circle perpendicular to chest.
MERCY-ON-us - (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.
(vamp) - This means that the choir and soloist freely repeat portions from the lyrics and generally stretch out the words with obligati (highly ornamented notes).
Lyrics:
Never would have made it (2x)
No, no, no, no, no, no never would have made it
If it wasn't for Your grace (2x)
Never would have made it
If it wasn't for Your grace
Never would have made it
If it wasn't for Your grace
If it wasn't for
Your grace has kept me
Your grace has brought me
Your grace, it was Your grace
Grace, grace, Your grace
Your grace and mercy (vamp)
Thank you Lord, thank you Lord (vamp)
Your grace and mercy (vamp)