EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
Response: ME PRAISE-rt. WHY? YOU-rt CREATE ME WONDERFUL.
LORD, YOU-rt ANALYZE-me ME. YOU-rt KNOW* ME.
ME SIT, ME STAND, YOU-rt KNOW*.
YOU-rt FAR-AWAY BUT STILL READ-MIND CAN.
ME TRAVEL, ME REST, YOU-rt SCRUTINIZE-me.
EVERYTHING INSIDE-SELF ME, YOU-rt FAMILIAR. Response
TRUE-BIZ MY INSIDE-SELF, YOU-rt MAKE YOURSELF-rt.
WHILE STILL INSIDE-SELF MY MOTHER, YOU-rt WEAVE MY BODY.
ME PRAISE-rt WHY? YOU-rt CREATE ME AWESOME.
YOUR-rt MIRACLE, ME CHERISH. Response
MY SOUL YOU-rt KNOW DEEP.
MY BODY HIDE INSIDE-SELF MOTHER,
EVERY BONE MY SKELETON YOU-rt VISUALIZE.
E-V-E-N LONG-AGO BEFORE CREATE EARTH. Response
Gospel acclamation
Response: ALLELUIA!-lf, ALLELUIA!-rt, ALLELUIA!-ctr.
FUTURE PEOPLE CALL YOU-ctr, MY CHILD, PROPHET FOR MOST ADVANCED.
WHY? YOUR-ctr MISSION ANNOUNCE LORD HIS-lf WAY. Response
Notes: ME - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
CREATE - C-MAKE.
READ-MIND - (2h)[S], DHPO away, NDHPO > signer, FOs up. Hands are held at forehead level and fingers flick index fingers several times.
SCRUTINIZE - ANALYZE.
INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.
FAMILIAR - [5] drums fingers against temple.
TRUE-BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.
WEAVE - (2h)[5], POs down, NDH FO > DS, DH FO away, DH weaves as it moves forward, starting closer to signer's body and next to NDH.
AWESOME - (2h)[S], POs ><, FOs up are held at eyes with awed facial expression and the hands open and then close.
MIRACLE - GREAT WORK. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Miracle.
BONE - [V:], PO > NDS, FO away, strikes dorsal side (back hand) of [S], PO down, FO > DS.
SKELETON - (2h)[V:], POs > throat, are held crossed under throat like the beginning of POISON and the hands descend down the chest to show all the bones in the body.
VISUALIZE - (2h)[S] are held at forehead with DH closer to head, and hands open to (2h)[5] while separating while FT wg. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Vision - 1.
ALLELUIA!-lf ALLELUIA!-rt ALLELUIA!-ctr - Twist > lf and sign Alleluia! (CLAP-HANDS~CELEBRATE + open hands into (2h)[5] while lifting), twist > rt and sign Alleluia!, finally come back to center and sign Alleluia!
PROPHET - PREDICT AGENT.
ADVANCED - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move upwards arcing towards the signer. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.
MISSION - [M], > NDS, FO up, circles and lands on NDS pec, like CHARACTER.
Lyrics (Psalm 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15):
Response: I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.
O LORD, you have probed me, you know me:
you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
My journeys and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar. Response
Truly you have formed my inmost being;
you knit me in my mother�s womb.
I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made;
wonderful are your works. Response
My soul also you knew full well;
nor was my frame unknown to you
When I was made in secret,
when I was fashioned in the depths of the earth. Response
Gospel acclamation
Response: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
You, child, will be called prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way. Response