EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
Response: IF (2h)YOU BOW-DOWN LORD, (2h)YOU HAPPY WILL.
IF (2h)YOU BOW-DOWN LORD, (2h)YOU HAPPY WILL.
IF (2h)YOU FOLLOW HIS WAY,
ENJOY RESULT YOUR WORK CAN.
GOD alt.GIFT-TO"each"+pc, FAVOR (2h)YOU WILL. Response
YOUR WIFE WILL MANY CHILDREN GIVE-BIRTH"each",
IDEA-LIKE VINE MAKE MUCH WINE.
YOUR CHILDREN GROW-UP TAKE-OFF LIKE O-L-I-V-E TREE,
PARENT FEEL PROUD. Response
IF BOW-DOWN LORD, GOD BLESS (2h)YOU LIKE THAT.
THE-rt LORD SEND BLESS FROM TEMPLE MOUNTAIN.
PRAY (2h)YOU SEE JERUSALEM SUCCEED TAKE-OFF.
EVERYDAY (2h)YOU LIVE. Response
Notes: PRAY - (2h)[B] press palms together and circle vertically normal (perpendicular) to the torso.
THE - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
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.
BOW-DOWN - (2h)[B], POs away, FOs up, are held like the final position of GIVE-UP, then bend these arms twice while bowing at waist once.
alt.GIFT-TO"each"+pc - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs > the recipents, hands move together from NDS to DS with puffed cheeks.
FAVOR - FAVORITE.
GIVE-BIRTH - S-ENTER. Not to be confused with BORN. The child is BORN, the mother GIVE[s]-BIRTH.
IDEA-LIKE - A blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which is signed smoothly right afterwards.
VINE - Start like GROW and hands pronate (twist to POs away) and become (2h)[5:]. For a movei fo this sign, go to Dictionary of Sign (ASL) - vine.
TAKE-OFF - Like DEVELOP but moves quickly and abruptly with a "po".
TEMPLE - T-CHURCH.
JERUSALEM - [B with thumbs flush with other fingers but not folded into palm], touches mouth and then pronates.
SUCCEED - SUCCESS.
Lyrics (Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5):
Response: Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Blessed are you who fear the LORD,
who walk in his ways!
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork;
blessed shall you be, and favored. Response
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in the recesses of your home;
your children like olive plants
around your table. Response
Behold, thus is the man blessed
who fears the LORD.
The LORD bless you from Zion:
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life. Response