Trading my sorrows - Darrell Evans

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 4 April 2006, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

ME SAD #DO-DO? OFFER-TO GOD.
ME ASHAMED #DO-DO? OFFER-TO GOD.
SET-ASIDE THROW-OUT, ACCEPT HAPPY FROM MY LORD

ME SICK #DO-DO? GIVE-TO GOD.
ME PAIN #DO-DO? GIVE-TO GOD.
SET-ASIDE THROW-OUT, ACCEPT HAPPY FROM MY LORD

WE SAY, YES, LORD; YES, LORD; YES, YES, LORD.
YES, LORD; YES, LORD; YES, YES, LORD.
YES, LORD; YES, LORD; YES, YES, LORD. AMEN

ME OPPRESSED, NOT-YET CRUSHED. PERSECUTED, GOD NOT IGNORE-me.
ME FAIL, BUT DEVIL NOT DESTROY ME.
BLESS BEAT CURSE, WHY? HIS-rt,hi PROMISE CONTINUE.

HIS-rt,hi JOY BECOME MY STRENGTH.
MAYBE ALL-NIGHT SAD
BUT SUNRISE BRING-me HAPPY FROM GOD.


Notes: SET-ASIDE - (2h)[B], POs > DS, with DH higher, palms are pressed against imaginary wall that is pushed to one side.

THROW-OUT - (2h)[S] grasp an imaginary object and move > NDS to get some momentum, then throw it away by moving > DS and releasing it.

Lyrics:

I'm trading my sorrows.
I'm trading my shame.
I'm laying it all down for the joy of the Lord.

I'm trading my sickness.
I'm trading my pain.
I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord.

We say yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. Yes, yes, Lord.
Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. Yes, yes, Lord.
Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. Yes, yes, Lord. Amen.

I'm pressed but not crushed, persecuted but not abandoned,
Struck down but not destroyed.
I am blessed beyond the curse for his promise will endure.

That his joy's gonna be my strength,
Though the sorrow may last for the night,
His joy comes with the morning.

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