My soul gives glory to my God

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 4 September 2004, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

MY SOUL ANNOUNCE GOD HIS GLORY. MY HEART EXPRESS PRAISE. BEFORE ME LOWLY, GOD HELP-me ADVANCED. HOW? LONG-LIST.

MY GOD DO MIRACLE FOR ME. #YES, HIS NAME HOLY. (2h)#ALL PEOPLE ANNOUNCE GOD BLESS ME. PLUS #ALL-OF-THEM REALLY-WANT SAME-AS-me.

ALL-ALONG*'lalala' PEOPLE THEY-lf BOW-DOWN GOD, HIS L-O-V-E, MERCY PASS-OUT-TO-lf. JUSTICE, HE (2h)alt.GIFT-TO"each". HEART SELFISH, HE REJECT.

HIS L-O-V-E FORCE PEOPLE POWERFUL GIVE-UP THRONE, PEOPLE HUMBLE HE ADVANCE. SPIRIT HUNGRY, HE HELP SATISFIED. RICH, HE CAUSE BECOME POOR.

PRAISE GOD, HIS COVENANT SWEET SUPPORT PEOPLE NEEDY. GOD REMEMBER PROMISE, YOU TRUST HIM CAN.


Notes:LOWLY - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move downwards arcing towards the signer. This is the opposite of the sign ADVANCED. See below.

ADVANCED - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move upwards arcing towards the signer. For an animated gif of ADVANCED, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.

LONG-LIST - (2h)[O^], POs > signer, NDH is above and touches DH; both hands open to (2h)[5] while DH descends.

MIRACLE - WONDERFUL(1x) WORK. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Miracle.

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

#ALL-OF-THEM - [A], PO up, FO > DS is held at DS then swings away in an arc and ends [L^], PO up, FO > NDS.

REALLY-WANT - The sign WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

ALL-ALONG*'lalala' - (2h)[1], POs down, FOs away, fingers run up the chest on DS until POs are > signer, and FOs are up. Also the tongue is shuttled from side to side.

PASS-OUT-TO-lf - (2h)[O^], POs up, FOs away, hands are crossed and separate while opening to (2h)[5].

COVENANT - AGREE RELATIONSHIP-WITH-God.

NEEDY - NEED++.

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