August 21st : Responsorial Psalm Psalm 40:5, 7–8a, 8b–9, 10

 August 21st : Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 40:5, 7–8a, 8b–9, 10

Response :  "Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will."

Blessed the man who makes the LORD his trust;

who turns not to idolatry or to those who stray after falsehood.

R : Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

Sacrifice or oblation you wished not, but ears open to obedience you gave me.

Burnt offerings or sin-offerings you sought not; then said I, “Behold I come.”

R: Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

“In the written scroll it is prescribed for me. To do your will, O my God, is my delight, and your law is within my heart!”

R: Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

I announced your justice in the vast assembly; I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.

R: Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

Gospel Acclamation Ps118:27

Alleluia, alleluia!

Make me grasp the way of your precepts,

and I will muse on your wonders.

Alleluia!