Responsorial Psalm - 5th Sunday of Easter (B)

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 23 August 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 PRAISE YOU-rt LORD, WHILE PEOPLE SCADS-OF MANY-WATCH-me. THEY-rt YOUR PEOPLE.

or

ALLELUIA!

stained glass bulletME PAY-OFF WHILE PEOPLE BOWN-DOWN-TO HIM-rt WATCH-me.
PEOPLE HUMBLE WILL EAT AND SATISFIED.
THEY-rt SEEK THE-rt LORD, PRAISE HIM-rt.
YOUR(plural) HEART LIVE FOREVER WILL. Response

stained glass bulletNORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST
REMEMBER THE-rt LORD WILL.
EVERY NATION COOPERATE APPROACH HIM-rt BOW-DOWN. Response

stained glass bullet(2h)#ALL PEOPLE SLEEP IN EARTH
BOW-DOWN-TO HIM-rt WILL.
BEFORE BURIED DUST,
NOW ALL WORSHIP HIM-rt. Response

stained glass bulletME DEPEND THE-rt LORD KEEP SOUL ALIVE.
MY CHILDREN PASS-DOWN SERVE HIM-rt.
HIS-rt RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEY-rt COME ANNOUNCE
TO GENERATION NEW, DESCRIBE HIS-rt JUSTICE. Response


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

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

MANY-WATCH-me - (2h)[4], FTs point to singers faces and hands circle orthogonal (perpendicular) to the signer's chest.

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

PAY-OFF - [open 8] runs middle finger up palm (> wrist), changes to a [B], PO down, and then moves back across palm.

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.

(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].

DUST - [C], PO away, FO up, moves from NDS to DS along dorsal (back hand) side of [B], PO down, FO > DS.

ALL - (2h)[B^], POs up, FOs ><, DH circles around NDH and lands on its palm. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Whole.

WORSHIP - NDH is clasped over DH [S] and hands circle perpendicular to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Worship.

RIGHTEOUSNESS - Elbow of DH [S] is placed firmly against the backhand of NDH [B], PO down.

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

Lyrics (Psalm 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32):

Response: I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

or

Alleluia!

stained glass bulletI will fulfill my vows before those who fear the LORD.
The lowly shall eat their fill;
they who seek the LORD shall praise him:
"May your hearts live forever!" Response

stained glass bulletAll the ends of the earth
shall remember and turn to the LORD;
all the families of the nations shall bow down before him. Response

stained glass bulletTo him alone shall bow down
all who sleep in the earth;
before him shall bend
all who go down into the dust. Response

stained glass bulletAnd to him my soul shall live;
my descendants shall serve him.
Let the coming generation be told of the LORD
that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born
the justice he has shown. Response

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