Refrain: PRAY VALLEY ADVANCED, AND MOUNTAIN LOWLY. MEADOW THEREABOUTS PLOW CLEAN. MAKE CURVED-ROAD BECOME STRAIGHT AND STRAIGHT-ROAD BECOME SMOOTH. EVERYTHING READY FOR GOD COME, DURING OUR LIFETIME.

1. GOD YOU-rt COME HELP PEOPLE LIKE PROMISE LONG-AGO. YOU-rt RAISE-UP SAVIOR. #ALL-OF-US WITNESS TOGETHER.

2. YOU-ctr, LITTLE-CHILD, WALK AHEAD ANNOUNCE HAPPEN. IDEA~LIKE PROPHET INFORM"all" GOD HAVE-MERCY-ON-us US WILL.

3. GOD, YOU-rt COME, OUR LIFE DARK BECOME BRIGHT. YOU-rt BRING LIGHT TO PEOPLE, IDEA~LIKE SUNRISE.

Notes: ADVANCED - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move upwards arcing towards the signer. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.

LOWLY - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move downwards arcing towards the signer. This is the opposite of the sign ADVANCED. For an animated gif of ADVANCED, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.

MEADOW - GRASS FLAT.

THEREABOUTS - [5], PO down, FO away, circles parllel to the floor. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - approximately.

PLOW - (2h)[B], NDH PO up, FO away, DH PO > NDS, FO away, DH moves along NDH palm as if plowing it and also supinates as if turning the ground over.

CURVED-ROAD - Like WAY or STREET but the path of the hands show the curve.

STRAIGHT-ROAD - Like WAY or STREET, but make sure it is straight to emphasize the difference.

SMOOTH - (2h)[8], POs up, FOs away, move away while middle fingers slide down thumbs. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - smooth.

LIFETIME - LIVE + TIME-PERIOD, where the second sign is [T], PO > NDS, FO up, travels in a vertical plane parallel to the NDH and makes contact with NDH [B], PO > DS, FO away. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Period - Time.

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

RAISE-UP - (2h)[B], POs down, FOs away, lower slightly, supinate, and rise up.

SAVIOR - S-FREE AGENT.

#ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.

WITNESS - [1] touches under eye while head moves down.

LITTLE-CHILD - [B] is held at a low level to show the height.

AHEAD - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, DH is held behind NDH and then moves around it so that it is now in the front.

IDEA~LIKE - A blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which is signed smoothly right afterwards.

PROPHET - PREDICT AGENT.

HAVE-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.

IDEA~LIKE - A blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which is signed smoothly right afterwards.

Lyrics:

Refrain: Let the valleys be raised and the mountains made low. Every meadow and field overturn. Make the pathway straight and the highway smooth for the coming of God in our day.

1. God, you come to your people as you promised of old. You have raised up a Savior in the sight of us all.

2. You, little child, go before him like the prophets of old. bringing news of his coming by the mercy of God.

3. God, you come like the morning on the darkness of night, as a light to the people, like the breaking of day.

To hear the music (without words), go to Others MIDI and click on "Let the Valleys Be Raised."