Response: LORD, CAUSE MY SOUL HEAL. WHY? ME SIN AGAINST YOU-rt.

PERSON TAKE-CARE-OF PEOPLE LOWLY AND POOR, GOD BLESS HIM-ctr WILL.
BAD THINGS HAPPEN, THE-rt LORD SAVE HIM-ctr.
THE-ctr LORD SUPPORT AND PRESERVE HIM-ctr
AND BLESS HIM-ctr HERE EARTH.
HIS-ctr ENEMY TAKE-HOLD-OF HIM-ctr NOT. Response

HAPPEN SERIOUSLY-ILL, THE-rt LORD HELP HIM-ctr WILL.
HE-rt TAKE-AWAY SICKNESS, ALL GONE.
BEFORE ME SAY, LORD, HAVE-MERCY-ON ME.
CAUSE ME HEAL. IGNORE ME SIN AGAINST YOU-rt. Response

YOU-rt SUPPORT ME. WHY? MY CHARACTER GOOD.
YOU-rt ALWAYS ALLOW ME APPROACH YOU-rt.
BLESS THE-rt LORD, ISRAEL HER-ctr GOD,
ETERNAL. AMEN-lf, AMEN-rt. Response

Notes: CAUSE - (2h)[S] are held at the chest as if holding a rope and move forward while opening to (2h)[5]. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - cause.

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

SIN - (2h)[X] touch their respective sides of the mouth, descend to neutral space and circle antisymmetrically parallel to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Sin.

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.

BLESS - (2h)[O^], POs ><, held at mouth. Hands are brought downwards while opening to (2h)[5]. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Bless.

PRESERVE - [V] taps dorsal (back) side of [S], Po > signer, FO > DS

TAKE-HOLD-OF - (2h)[5:], POs away, FOs up, move down quickly and close to (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, as if grabbing hold of something.

SERIOUSLY-ILL - (2h)[V:], are thrown iver the DS shoulder.

HAVE-MERCY-ON-me - (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.

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.

ETERNAL - ALWAYS + DH produces STILL in the usual way, and the NDH produces STILL so that it moves back over the shoulder. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Eternal.

AMEN - (2h)[B], FOs up, are pressed together and brought down in a long, deliberate motion. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Amen.

Lyrics (Psalm 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14):

Response: Lord, heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.

Blessed is the one who has regard for the lowly and the poor;
in the day of misfortune the LORD will deliver him.
The LORD will keep and preserve him;
and make him blessed on earth,
and not give him over to the will of his enemies. Response

The LORD will help him on his sickbed,
he will take away all his ailment when he is ill.
Once I said, "O LORD, have pity on me;
heal me, though I have sinned against you." Response

But because of my integrity you sustain me
and let me stand before you forever.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
from all eternity. Amen. Amen. Response