Obama Quotes Bible at Selma Anniversary: 'Those Who Hope in the Lord Will Renew Their Strength'

U.S. President Barack Obama visited the site of the 1965 civil rights march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery this past weekend, delivering a speech that reflected on the advancements made by the U.S. civil rights movement and the work that has yet to be done.

Obama stood with civil rights leaders and American politicians, including former U.S. President George W. Bush, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge this past Saturday, where 50 years ago, hundreds of civil rights activists were beaten by Alabama State Troopers after crossing the bridge in their peaceful protest trek to the state capitol.

The civil rights activists were marching to the capitol to demand the right to vote. The event has been nicknamed "Bloody Sunday."

Photos from Saturday's event show the First Family leading thousands, including civil rights activists and U.S. Representative John Lewis across the bridge in a commemorative march.

"Fifty years from Bloody Sunday, our march is not yet finished. But we are getting closer. Two hundred and thirty-nine years after this nation's founding, our union is not yet perfect. But we are getting closer. Our job's easier because somebody already got us through that first mile," the president said at Saturday's event.

"Somebody already got us over that bridge. When it feels the road's too hard, when the torch we've been passed feels too heavy, we will remember these early travelers, and draw strength from their example, and hold firmly the words of the prophet Isaiah: 'Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint,'" the president continued.

"We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar. And we will not grow weary. For we believe in the power of an awesome God, and we believe in this country's sacred promise," the Commander-in-Chief added.