Responsorial Psalm - 15th Sunday in ordinary time (A)

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 22 June 2008, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

Response: HAPPEN SEED FALL-TO GROUND CAN FEED LEAD-TO HARVEST COLLECT MUCH.

stained glass bulletLORD, YOU-rt VISIT OUR LAND, CAUSE RAIN.
NOW LAND BECOME R-I-C-H, CRAZY-FOR.
GOD HIS-rt RIVER VARIOUS FILLED-UP.
GRAIN SOON READY. Response

stained glass bulletYOU-rt MAKE LAND READY. FURROWS WET.
GROUND BREAK+ SMOOTH.
RAIN MAKE SOFT.
YOU-rt BLESS OUR FOOD. Response

stained glass bulletNOW YEAR IDEA-LIKE KING HAVE SCADS-OF.
YOUR-rt WAYS OVERFLOW HARVEST COLLECT MUCH CAN.
YES, FARM NOT-YET TILL OVERFLOW.
PEOPLE COVER HILL REJOICE. Response

stained glass bulletSHEEP, GOAT, COVER GRASS THEREABOUTS IDEA-LIKE CLOTHES PUT-ON.
EVER VALLEY HAVE GRAIN PARALLEL THICK BLANKET.
OUR PEOPLE SHOUT AND SING JOYFUL. Response


Notes: HARVEST - [S] holds an imaginary handful of grain, and [B], PO up, FO away, slices through the grain below the NDH.

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

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.

CRAZY-FOR - [5:], PO > singer, FO up, is shaken slightly from side to side.

FILLED-UP - [B], PO down, FO > NDS, is held close to body, starts rising from below waist and strikes chin in its rising.

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

FURROWS - [G], PO down, FO > NDS, shows horizontal, thin "trenches" normal (perpendicular) to the body.

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.

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

SCADS-OF - (2h)[5:], POs down, FOs away, move forward to show many things.

OVERFLOW - [5], PO down, FO away, covers top of [S], PO > DS, FO away, and FT wiggle as the hand moves away, like a cup overflowing. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - overflow.

TILL - Mime snapping a whip and then (2h)[B], PO > NDS, FO away

COVER - (2h)[B^], POs down, FOs away, DH is over NDH and brushes over it as it moves closer to the signer, like the first half of COMFORTABLE, but traveling the opposite way.

REJOICE - CELEBRATE.

PUT-ON[-CLOTHES] - (2h)[5], POs down, FOs away, alt. circle perpendicular to the chest with thumbs brushing against chest when they come hear the body.

PARALLEL - (2h)[1], POs down, FOs away, move forward. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Parallel.

JOYFUL - alt.HAPPY.

Lyrics (Psalm 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14):

Response: The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.

stained glass bulletYou have visited the land and watered it;
greatly have you enriched it.
God's watercourses are filled;
you have prepared the grain. Response

stained glass bulletThus have you prepared the land: drenching its furrows,
breaking up its clods,
Softening it with showers,
blessing its yield. Response

stained glass bulletYou have crowned the year with your bounty,
and your paths overflow with a rich harvest;
The untilled meadows overflow with it,
and rejoicing clothes the hills. Response

stained glass bulletThe fields are garmented with flocks
and the valleys blanketed with grain.
They shout and sing for joy. Response

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