Clodforwch yr anfeidrol Dduw,
Moliennwch Enw'r Arglwydd;
Ei fawr drugaredd Ef barhâ:
Ni chilia yn dragywydd.
Caned y rhai waredodd Ef
O afael gref y gelyn;
O'r de a'r gogledd
doed eu sain,
O'r dwyrain a'r gorllewin.
Crwydrasant mewn anialwch crâs,
Heb ddinas i orphwyso;
Mewn syched ac mewn newyn du
Y bu eu henaid yno.
Yn nghanol cyfyngderau, gànt,
Llefasant ar yr Arglwydd;
Tosturiodd, a gwaredodd hwy
O'u gofwy ac
o'u haflwydd.
Tywysodd hwynt yn ffordd ei ras
I'r ddinas gyfaneddol;
Am ddwyfol ddawn a nodded hir
Fe'i molir yn dragwyddol.
John Hughes (Glanystwyth) 1842-1902
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Extol ye the immeasurable God,
Praise ye the Name of the Lord;
His great mercy shall endure:
It will not recede in eternity.
Let those sing whom He delivered
From the strong grasp of the enemy;
From the south and the north
let their sound come,
From the east and the west.
They had wandered in a roasting desert,
With no city wherein to rest;
In thirst and in black hunger
Their soul was there.
In the midst of straits, they were found,
They had cried out to the Lord;
He had mercy, and he delivered them
From their affliction and
from their misfortune.
He led them in the way of his grace
To the habitable city;
For a divine gift and long refuge
He is to be praised eternally.
tr. 2019 Richard B Gillion
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1 To God your grateful voices raise,
who does your daily patron prove;
And let your never-ceasing praise
attend on his eternal love.
2 Let those give thanks whom he from bands
of proud oppressing foes released;
3 And brought them back
from distant lands,
from north and south, and west and east.
4 Through lonely desert ways they went,
nor could a peopled city find;
5 Till, quite with thirst and hunger spent,
their fainting soul within them pined.
6 Then soon to God's indulgent ear
did they their mournful cry address;
Who graciously vouchsafed to hear,
and freed them from
their deep distress.
7 From crooked paths he led them forth,
and in the certain way did guide
To wealthy towns of great resort,
where all their wants were well supplied.
N Tate & N BradyA New Version of the Psalms of David in Metre 1696 |