Responsorial Psalm - 27th Sunday in ordinary time (A)

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 15 July 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: LORD HIS-rt VINE FARM "WHAT"? JEWISH PEOPLE.

stained glass bulletEGYPT, YOU-rt PULL-OUT US IDEA-LIKE VINE.
YOU-rt FORCE NATION ESCAPE SPREAD AND PLANT-IN-GROUND US.
VINE SEND BRANCHES TO SEA
AND SHOOTS TO JORDAN RIVER. Response

stained glass bulletFENCE PROTECT, WHY YOU-rt TEAR-DOWN
MEAN EVERYONE PASS+ alt-PICK FRUIT?
PIG WILD FROM FOREST DESTROY EVERYTHING.
ANIMAL IN GRASS THEREABOUTS GOBBLE-UP. Response

stained glass bulletLORD, YOURSELF-ctr CONTROL (2h)#ALL ANGEL,
FROM HEAVEN AGAIN LOOK-DOWN, WITNESS.
TAKE-CARE-OF-us US IDEA-LIKE GRAPE VINE.
PROTECT WHAT YOUR-ctr POWER PLANT-IN-GROUND.
ADAM HIS-ctr SON YOURSELF-rt MAKE BRANCH STRONG. Response

stained glass bulletOUR RELATIONSHIP BREAK-#UP NO-MORE.
GIFT-TO-us US LIFE NEW. WE WILL CRY-OUT-TO YOUR-rt NAME.
LORD RULE ANGEL SCADS-OF, ALLOW US GO-#BACK LIKE BEFORE.
ALLOW YOUR-rt FACE SHINE-DOWN AND SAVE US. Response


Notes: VINE - Start like GROW and hands pronate (twist to POs away) and become (2h)[5:]. NDH stays in place and DH ascends while both hands wg. For a movie of this sign, go to Dictionary of Sign (ASL) - vine.

PULL-OUT - [S], PO > NDS, FO away, pulls something out from under [B], PO down, FO > NDS.

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

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

PLANT-IN-GROUND - 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.

BRANCHES - (2h)[1], POs down, FOs away, are held along side one another and touching. The DH moves away and branches out to the DS while the NDH moves to meet the DH when it returns to repeat the movement.

SHOOT - GROW + with NDH left in place, DH [1] moves away like a shoot.

JORDAN - [L], FO up, touches thumb to forehead. For a film of this sign, click on Jordan - المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية.

GOBBLE-UP - (2h)[B^], POs > back, FOs up, hands pass by mouth on respective sides.

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

WITNESS - [1] touches under eye while head moves down.

ADAM - [A] taps DS temple with thumb tip 2x.

BREAK-#UP - BREAK + both hands fingerspell U-P while the hands descend a bit; all with smooth movements.

NO-MORE - (2h)[B], POs down, cross at wrists, then uncross moving horizontally and emphatically. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - don't.

CRY-OUT-TO - [5:] holds palm to mouth and then hand moves up and away as if the sound is leaving the mouth.

RULE - CONTROL.

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

GO-#BACK - [B], PO away, FO up, fingers curl, then staighten to a [K], while moving to one side (you choose the side).

Lyrics (Psalm 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20):

Response: The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

stained glass bulletA vine from Egypt you transplanted;
you drove away the nations and planted it.
It put forth its foliage to the Sea,
its shoots as far as the River. Response

stained glass bulletWhy have you broken down its walls,
so that every passer-by plucks its fruit,
the boar from the forest lays it waste,
and the beasts of the field feed upon it? Response

stained glass bulletOnce again, O Lord of hosts,
look down from heaven, and see;
take care of this vine,
and protect what your right hand has planted,
the son of man whom you yourself made strong. Response

stained glass bulletThen we will no more withdraw from you;
give us new life, and we will call upon your name.
O Lord, God of hosts, restore us;
if your face shine upon us, then we shall be saved. Response

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