Patience, people, till the Lord is come - John Foley

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 11 December 2006, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

WE MUST PATIENT WAIT LORD COME.
NOTICE-rt FARMER WAIT FOR FOOD MATURE.
WATCH RAIN <<) DURING WINTER, (>) DURING SPRING.
WE MUST PATIENT WAIT. LORD COME SOON.

WE MUST PATIENT WAIT LORD COME.
YOU"all" KNOW WHAT LORD ASK US DO.
YOU"all" KNOW LORD SOFT-HEARTED HAVE-MERCY-ON-us US.
WE MUST PATIENT WAIT. LORD COME SOON.

WE MUST PATIENT WAIT LORD COME.
CALM-DOWN, KNOW-THAT THE LORD SOON COME.
DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT EACH-OTHER.
WE MUST PATIENT WAIT. LORD COME SOON.


Notes: MATURE - [M], PO down, FO up, slides up palm of [B], PO away, FO up.

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

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

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.

CALM-DOWN - (2h)[5], POs down, FOs away, descend slightly, stop and then descend further, then one more time.

KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.

DON'T - (2h)[B], POs down, cross at wrists, then uncross moving horizontally and emphatically. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - don't.

Lyrics:

Patience, people, till the Lord is come.
See the farmer await the yield of the soil.
He watches it in winter and in spring rain.
Patience, people, till the Lord is come.

Patience, people, till the Lord is come.
You have seen the purpose of the Lord.
You know of His compassion and His mercy.
Patience, people, till the Lord is come.

Patience, people, till the Lord is come.
Steady your hearts, for the Lord is close at hand.
And do not grumble, one against the other.
Patience, people, till the Lord is come.

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