Response: HAPPY THOSE-rt TRUST GOD SAVE WILL.

GOD BLESS HIM-ctr IGNORE ADVICE THOSE-lf
NOT TRUST GOD. DON'T-WANT SOCIALIZE THOSE-rt ENJOY SIN.
REFUSE CURSE GOD. PREFER THRILLED DO LAW FROM GOD.
HE-ctr THINK-ABOUT HIS-rt LAW ALL-DAY~ALL-NIGHT. Response

IDEA~LIKE TREE PLANTED-rt NEAR WATER.
THERE-rt BLOOM LIKE OUR GOD.
LEAF-DRY-UP NOT, BUT STAY.
EVERYTHING HE-ctr DO, SUCCEED WILL. Response

THOSE-lf WICKED, OFF-POINT-lf&rt IDEA~LIKE GRAIN LAYER DRY.
GOD LIKE WIND BLOW-ON-SURFACE AWAY.
GOD KNOWS WHO DO JUSTICE.
BUT WAY WITHOUT FAITH, GOD DESTROY WILL. Response

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

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.

ADVICE - COUNSEL.

SOCIALIZE - INTERACT/EACH-OTHER.

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.

THINK-ABOUT - Index finger circles temple.

IDEA~LIKE - A blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which is signed smoothly right afterwards.

PLANTED - NDH [B], PO down, FO away, is held out to represent the ground, and [S], PO > NDS< FO away, moves straight down as if placing a plant or tree directly in a hole in the ground.

BLOOM - (2h)[A] are held together but the hands are twisted like the beginning of CHANGE. Hands twist back while opening to (2h)[5:] with the hands still held together.

LEAF-DRY-UP - NDH [1] is held against wrist closest to thumb of [5] with DH wg, then DH curls up.

WICKED - (2h)[3] are held at forehead level and move towards the forehead several times while wg but do not touch the forehead with an evil facial expression.

OFF-POINT-lf&rt - DH [S], PO > NDS, flicks finger > NDS from off [1], PO > NDS, FO up. Then DH flicks > DS.

GRAIN - [X], PO up, rubs along ND forearm as if harvesting.

LAYER - [G] runs along palm, FO away, to show layer of a substance. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - layer.

BLOW-ON-SURFACE - Blow on dorsal side (back of hand) of [B], PO down, FO away.

AWAY - (2h)[B], POs down, FOs away, nod hands down, then up, with a movement of the arms to show that something is being swept away.

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

Lyrics (Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6):

Response: Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.

Blessed the man who follows not
the counsel of the wicked,
nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of the insolent,
but delights in the law of the LORD
and meditates on his law day and night. Response

He is like a tree planted near running water,
that yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers. Response

Not so the wicked, not so;
they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
For the LORD watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes. Response