EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
Response: ME BELIEVE ME WILL SEE GOOD THINGS WHILE STILL LIVE EARTH.
or
ALLELUIA.
LORD HE-rt (<) MY LIGHT, (>) MY SALVATION.
ME FEAR NONE.
THE-rt LORD MY PLACE ESCAPE.
NONE MAKE ME AFRAID. Response
ONE THING ME REQUEST THE-rt LORD;
ME (2h)SEARCH "WHAT"?
LIVE IN LORD HIS-rt HOUSE
EVERYDAY MY LIFE.
WHY? REALLY-WANT GAZE LORD, BEAUTIFUL FRIENDLY.
AND THINK-ABOUT DEEP HIS-rt TEMPLE. Response
PAY-ATTENTION LORD WHILE ME SUMMON YOU-rt.
HAVE-MERCY-ON-me AND ANSWER ME.
MY HEART REALLY-WANT YOU-rt, ME THIRST SEE YOU-rt. Response
Notes: ME - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
ALLELUIA! - CLAP-HANDS~CELEBRATE + open hands into (2h)[5] while lifting.
SALVATION - S-FREE.
FEAR - (2h)[5], POs away, FOs up, hands are held far from body and move back to body in a wavy pattern.
REALLY-WANT - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.
GAZE - LOOK-AT moves in a vertical circle, orthogonal (perpendicular) to the chest.
TEMPLE - T-CHURCH.
SUMMON - DH [B] taps NDH [B], PO down, FO > signer, then moves > signer while closing to an [A], PO away from signer, FO up, and moving up.
HAVE-MERCY-ON-me - (2h)[open 8], POs > signer, hands move in vertical circles normal (perpendicular) to the chest. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Mercy - 2.
Lyrics (Psalm 27:1, 4, 7-8):
Response: I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
or
Alleluia.
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my lifeÕs refuge;
of whom should I be afraid? Response
One thing I ask of the LORD;
this I seek:
To dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
That I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD
and contemplate his temple. Response
Hear, O Lord, the sound of my call;
have pity on me, and answer me.
Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks. Response