Responsorial Psalm - 24th Sunday in ordinary time (B)

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 14 September 2006, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

Response: ME GO-TOWARDS-GOAL, APPROACH LORD WHILE ME STILL LIVE. or ALLELUIA.

stained glass bulletME LOVE LORD. WHY? ME BEG,
HE-rt PAY-ATTENTION MY PRAYER.
ME CALL-ON HIM
HE-rt LOOK-DOWN-TO-me ANSWER. Response

stained glass bulletDEATH COME CAPTURE ME.
HELL REALLY-WANT GRAB-HOLD-OF-me.
(<) STRESS, (>) SORROW, ME DEEPLY-INVOLVED,
#DO-DO? SUMMON LORD HIS-rt NAME.
LORD, PLEASE SAVE MY LIVE! Response

stained glass bullet LORD WILLING GRACE AND JUST.
OUR GOD TRUE-BIZ MERCY-ON-us US.
THE-rt LORD NOT alt.PICK FAVORITE.
MY LIFE SHOOT-DOWN, BUT HE-rt SAVE ME. Response

stained glass bulletMY SOUL NOW FREE, NOT~NEED DIE.
MY EYES NOT~NEED CRY; MY FEET NOT~NEED STUMBLE.
ME WALK PROUD WHILE LORD WATCH-me ME.
MY SOUL LIVE CAN. Response


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

GO-TOWARDS-GOAL - like the sign GOAL but the DH moves in a vertical circle while going towards the goal to show a constant process.

APPROACH - (2h)[B], FOs up, DH PO away, ND is held in front of NDH and palm faces it, then both hands approach one another slightly.

ALLELUIA! - CLAP-HANDS~CELEBRATE + open hands into (2h)[5] while lifting.

CALL-ON - SUMMON, that is, DH [B] taps NDH [B], PO down, FO > signer, then moves > signer while closing to an [A], PO away from signer, FO up, and moving up.

LOOK-DOWN-TO-me - (2h)[V], POs > signer, FO up, move upwards and then point to signer's face from above.

CAPTURE - [5:] grabs NDH [1], PO > signer, FO up.

REALLY-WANT - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

GRAB-HOLD-OF-me - (2h)[5:] rush towards chest and grab on.

STRESS - PRESSURE.

SORROW - SAD descends slowly.

DEEPLY-INVOLVED - [V:], PO > signer, FO up, strikes palm of slightly curved [B], PO > DS, FO away.

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.

JUST - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, tap FT while moving in a horizontal circle.

TRUE-BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.

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.

SHOOT-DOWN - (2h)[B], NDH PO > DS, FO away, DH shoots past it and brushes against it in its descent.

STUMBLE - [V] stumbles over [1], PO > signer, FO > DS.

Lyrics (Psalm 114:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9):

Response: I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living. or: Alleluia.

stained glass bulletI love the LORD because he has heard
my voice in supplication,
Because he has inclined his ear to me
the day I called. Response

stained glass bulletThe cords of death encompassed me;
the snares of the netherworld seized upon me;
I fell into distress and sorrow,
And I called upon the name of the LORD,
"O LORD, save my life!" Response

stained glass bulletGracious is the LORD and just;
yes, our God is merciful.
The LORD keeps the little ones;
I was brought low, and he saved me. Response

stained glass bulletFor he has freed my soul from death,
my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
I shall walk before the Lord
in the land of the living. Response

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