Daily Thought For August 4, 2021

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 Words of Comfort & Hope


         LORD, be gracious to us; for you we wait. 

         Be our strength every morning, 

         our salvation in time of trouble! 

         At the roaring sound, peoples flee; 

         when you rise in your majesty, nations are scattered. 

         Spoil is gathered up as caterpillars gather, 

         an onrush like the rush of locusts. 

         The LORD is exalted, enthroned on high; 

         he fills Zion with right and justice. 

         That which makes her seasons certain, 

         her wealth, salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, 

         is the fear of the LORD, her treasure. 


New American Bible. (2011). (Revised Edition, Is 33:2–6). Washington, DC: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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