You alone know our hunger - David Haas

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 20 November 2006, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

Refrain: ONLY YOU-ctr, LORD, KNOW HOW-MUCH WE HUNGRY.
WHY? YOU-ctr GIFT-TO-us US LIFE THROUGH YOUR-ctr BREAD.
COME-ON NOW FEED US, MAKE US NEW AND ACCEPT US.
KNOW-THAT WE YOUR-ctr PEOPLE DEPEND-ON YOU-ctr EAT.

1. YOUR-ctr BREAD, YOUR-ctr WINE, HELP PEOPLE FEEL-ESTEEMED,
YOUR-ctr FAMILY ASSEMBLE HELP KINGDOM BUILD.
WE CHERISH PROMISE THAT CONQUER OUR DEATH.
HELP OUR HEART heart-OPEN, BREATH-IN OUR NEW LIFE.

2. OUR TABLE SET"each" WITH alt.GIFT-TO-us FROM YOUR-ctr LAND.
HOW WE LIVE AFTER, YOU-ctr GUIDE WITH YOUR-ctr HANDS.
HERE FOOD FOR EXHAUSTED, HERE BREAD FOR (2h)YOU-ctr WEAK.
HERE WINE FOR POWERLESS, EMPOWER US SPEAK.

3. WE ARRIVE YOUR-ctr FEAST INFLUENCE OUR GOALS.
HAVE-MERCY-ON-us SEND GRACE, HELP WORLD CHANGE.
WE WORK"over time" PREPARE WORLD YOU-ctr COME.
YOUR-ctr BREAD AND YOUR-ctr WINE THAT* WE BECOME.


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

GIFT-TO-us - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, nod downwards at wrist > signer to show that something is given as a gift.

COME-ON - (2h)[B^] move in circles pivoting at the wrists to beckon someone to do something.

KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.

FEEL-ESTEEMED - - [O^], PO > NDS, FO up, is held at midchest and opens to [C]. You can hold [B], PO down, FO > DS underneath it.

ASSEMBLE - (2h)[S], POs down, FOs ><, move > each other while opening to (2h)[5wg].

KINGDOM - KING + [5], PO down, FO away, circles horizontally. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Kingdom.

BREATH-IN - (2h)[O^], touch FTs to nostrils then open while moving down (gaze is also down) as if God were sending his breath.

EXHAUSTED - TIRED + [V], PO up, FO > NDS, is drawn with effort across the palm of [B], PO up, FO away.

POWERLESS - Thumb of [C] is placed on muscle and closes as in FLAT-TIRE.

EMPOWER - [C], PO towards muscle, is held above NDS bicep. This [C] is then moved so that the PO is towards whoever is being empowered.

FEAST - (2h)alt.EAT. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Feast.

HAVE-MERCY-ON-us - (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.

GRACE - [O^] or [S], held high and PO > Heaven, supinates and opens to [5] while being brought towards head. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Grace.

Lyrics:

Refrain: O God, you alone know our hunger.
For you are our life and our bread.
Come now and feed us, renew and receive us.
For we are your people. On you we are fed.

1. Bread for the broken, and wine to be shared.
Your family is gathered, the kingdom is dared.
We hold dear the promise that conquers our death,
and open our hearts to new life from your breath.

2. The gifts at this table are born from the land.
The path of this meal now is led by your hand.
Food for the weary, and bread for the weak,
and wine for the voiceless ones yearning to speak.

3. We come to this banquet to fashion your dream;
the grace of your mercy, the world to redeem.
We work and we labor for your reign to come,
for it is your bread and wine we become.

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