How great is our God - Chris Tomlin

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 25 November 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

1. THE-ctr KING HAVE SPLENDOR.
HIS-ctr CLOTHES SHOW"all" POWER.
||: ALL EARTH SHOULD CELEBRATE. :||.
HE-ctr WRAPS HIMSELF WITH LIGHT AND DARK WORLD TRY HIDE,
||: AND TREMBLE IF HE-ctr SPEAK. :||

Refrain: SO GREAT++ OUR GOD. SING WITH ME.
SO GREAT++ OUR GOD, (2h)#ALL WILL SEE.
SO GREAT++, SO GREAT++, OUR GOD.

2. ALL-ALONG HE-ctr OUR FOUNDATION,
HIS-ctr HANDS CAN CONTROL TIME.
||: HE-ctr ETERNAL, VERY-FIRST AND LAST. :||
GOD SUPREME, TRINITY: HEAVENLY-FATHER, HOLY SPIRIT, SON.
||: LION AND LAMB WILL FRIENDS. :|| Refrain

HIS NAME BEYOND (2h)#ALL NAME. HE-ctr WORTHY THAT (2h)#ALL PRAISE.
MY HEART WILL SING, SO GREAT++ OUR GOD. Refrain (x2)


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

SPLENDOR - Starts like the sign NAME, the NDH is left in place while the DH touches it with the [open 8] (as in the sign FEEL), then moves upwards while twisting the wrist.

The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

ALL - (2h)[B^], POs up, FOs ><, DH circles around NDH and lands on its palm. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Whole.

WRAPS - (2h)[O^], PO > signer, FOs ><, DH spirals while moving > NDS as if wrapping up NDH.

TREMBLE - (2h)[1^], POs down, FOs away, hands vibrate from side to side symmetrically to show legs shaking.

SO - (2h)[5:], POs ><, FOs away, separate while "so much" is mouthed.

GREAT - (2h)[B], POs away, FOs up, push away from signer.

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

ALL-ALONG - (2h)[1], POs down, FOs away, fingers run up the chest somewhat slowly on DS until POs are > signer, and FOs are up. Also the tongue - shuttled from side to side.

FOUNDATION - NDH [S], PO > signer, FO > DS, is held out with arm parallel to the chest and DH [S], PO > signer, strikes hand from below and then strikes elbow from below.

ETERNAL - ALWAYS + DH produces STILL in the usual way, and the NDH produces STILL so that it moves back over the shoulder. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Eternal.

VERY-FIRST - [1], PO down, FO away, supinates like the sign FIRST, but strikes the thumb of NDH [A dot], PO > DS, FO away. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: First.

SUPREME - (2h)[A], FOs away, DH starts below NDH and arcs around it until it is on top.

TRINITY - NDH [B^], PO > singer, FO > DS, is held in front of and below [3], PO > signer, FO up, and DH is brought down, under NDH, and then up in front of it while changing to [1]. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Trinity.

HEAVENLY-FATHER - (2h)[A], FOs up, DH is held against forehead, NDH close to but lower, both hands open to (2h)[5] while moving upwards. HEAVEN may be added to this. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Heavenly Father - 1.

HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.

BEYOND - (2h)[B^], touch FTs, then DH moves up in an arc towards the signer and away. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - more than.

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

WORTHY - IMPORTANT.

Lyrics:

1. The splendor of the King, clothed in majesty,
Let all the earth rejoice, all the earth rejoice.
He wraps Himself in light, and darkness tries to hide,
And trembles at his voice, trembles at his voice.

Refrain: How great is our God, sing with me,
How great is our God, all will see,
How great, how great is our God.

2. Age to age He stands, and time is in His hands,
Beginning and the end, beginning and the end.
The Godhead, three in one: Father, Spirit, Son,
The Lion and the Lamb, the Lion and the Lamb.

Name above all names, Worthy of all praise,
My heart will sing How great is our God

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear a sample of this song performed, go to Passion - How Great Is Our God (CD) (UPC: 724386357403 and click on one of the buttons for "How Great Is Our God - Chris Tomlin".

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