Psalm 72: Justice shall flourish / Lord, every nation - Rory Cooney

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 8 December 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

Refrain: JUSTICE TAKE-OFF DURING HIS-lf TIME-PERIOD. PEACE FILLED-UP FOREVER.

Alternate refrain: LORD, EVERY COUNTRY HERE EARTH WILL WORSHIP YOU.

1. GOD, SEND YOUR JUDGMENT
LIVE INSIDE-SELF YOUR KING.
EACH KING SON SHOULD LEARN YOUR JUSTICE.
HE-lf WILL RULE YOUR-rt PEOPLE
USE JUSTICE
AND PEOPLE OPPRESSED USE JUDGEMENT.

2. JUSTICE WILL BLOSSOM DURING HIS-lf TIME-PERIOD.
AND PEACE DEEP, NOT SUPERFICIAL,
UNTIL MOON GONE.
PRAY+ HE-lf RULE FROM SEA@lf TO SEA@rt.
FROM BABYLON TO PLACE EARTH END.

3. FROM ISLAND AND T-A-R-S-H-I-S-H
KING THEY-ctr BRING GIFTS.
FROM SAUDI-ARABIA AND S-H-E-B-A THEY-ctr COME.
EVERY KING ON EARTH HONOR HIM-lf.
(2h)#ALL NATION WILL SERVE HIM-lf.

4. KNOW-THAT HE-lf WILL SAVE PEOPLE POOR
alt.YELL ASK HELP.
AND OPPRESSED
HAVE NONE ELSE HELP.
HE-lf WILL HAVE-MERCY-ON LOWLY AND POOR.
PEOPLE POOR, THEIR-ctr LIFE HE-lf SAVE.

5. PRAY+ PEOPLE PRAISE HIS-lf NAME FOREVER.
HAPPEN SUN NOT-YET GONE,
HIS-lf NAME STAY.
GOD BLESS (2h)#ALL TRIBE
HERE EARTH THROUGH HIM-lf.
(2h)#ALL NATION
ANNOUNCE HIS-lf HAPPINESS.


Notes: INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.

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

OPPRESSED - DH [B], PO down, FO > NDS, pushs down on [S], PO > DS, FO away, which is held against chest.

BLOSSOM - (2h)[A] are held together but the hands are twisted like the beginning of CHANGE. Hands twist back while opening to (2h)[5:] with the hands still held together.

SUPERFICIAL - SURFACE.

BABYLON - (2h)[B], POs ><, FOs up, FT bend repeatedly at the knuckles changing [B] to [B^] while rising and coming to a point to show a ziggurat [step pyramid].

GIFTS - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs > the recipents, hands move together from NDS to DS.

SAUDI-ARABIA - [H], PO > signer, FO > NDS, touches DS of forehead. For a film of this sign, click on Saudi Arabia - المملكة العربية السعودية.

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

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

HAVE-MERCY-ON - (2h)[open 8], POs > people who are receiving mercy, hands move in vertical circles normal (perpendicular) to the chest.

LOWLY - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move downwards arcing towards the signer. This is the opposite of the sign ADVANCED. For an animated gif of ADVANCED, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.

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.

TRIBE - T,B-GROUP.

Lyrics:

Refrain: Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever.

Alternate refrain: Every nation on earth will adore you.

1. O God, with your judgment
endow the king,
and with your justice, the king's son;
he shall govern your people
with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.

2. Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace,
'til the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea,
from the River to the ends of the earth.

3. From the island and Tarshish
shall kings come with gifts;
from Arabia and Sheba they come.
All the kings of the earth pay him homage;
all the nations shall serve him.

4. For he shall rescue the poor
when he cries out,
and the afflicted
when he has no one to help him.
He shall have pity for the lowly and poor;
the lives of the poor he shall save.

5. May his name be blessed forever,
and while the sun lasts
his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes
of the earth be blessed;
all the nations
shall proclaim his happiness.

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