Responsorial Psalm - 18th Sunday in ordinary time (B)

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 19 July 2008, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

Response: THE-rt LORD alt.GIFT-TO BREAD FROM HEAVEN.

stained glass bulletEVERYTHING WE alt.HEAR AND alt.KNOW
EVERYTHING OUR ANCESTORS ANNOUNCE TO US,
WE WILL ANNOUNCE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
MEAN LORD HIS-rt ACTION SHINY, HIS-rt STRENGTH,
AND HIS-rt MIRACLES. Response

stained glass bulletSKY, HE-rt COMMAND
AND HEAVEN GATES-OPEN.
ANGEL FOOD DESCEND-IN-FLAKES
HEAVEN ITS-rt O-W-N BREAD. Response

stained glass bulletJEWS EAT ANGEL BREAD.
GOD SEND SCADS-OF.
AND HE-rt BRING JEWISH PEOPLE TO HIS-rt LAND HOLY.
GOD HIS-rt RIGHT HAND FIGHT WIN MOUNTAINS FOR THEM-ctr. Response


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

alt.GIFT-TO - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs > the recipents, hands move together from NDS to DS.

ANCESTORS - (2h)[A], FOs up, DH is held against forehead, NDH close to head but lower, both hands open to (2h)[5] while moving upwards + (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs up, move in a vertical circle while moving back over shoulder.

SHINY - (2h)[open 8], POs down, FOs away, twist rapidly at wrists while rising. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Shine.

MIRACLES - GREAT WORK. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Miracle.

DESCEND-IN-FLAKES - (2h)[F], POs ><, FOs away, alt. descend as if light as snowflakes.

SCADS-OF - (2h)[5:], POs down, FOs away, move forward to show many things.

HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.

Lyrics (Psalm 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54):

Response: The Lord gave them bread from heaven.

stained glass bulletWhat we have heard and know,
and what our fathers have declared to us,
we will declare to the generation to come,
the glorious deeds of the Lord and his strength
and the wonders that he wrought. Response

stained glass bulletHe commanded the skies above
and opened the doors of heaven;
he rained manna upon them for food
and gave them heavenly bread. Response

stained glass bulletMan ate the bread of angels,
food he sent them in abundance.
And he brought them to his holy land,
to the mountains his right hand had won. Response

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