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I’r Pencerdd ar Neginoth, Maschil, Salm Dafydd.

55 Gwrando fy ngweddi, O Dduw; ac nac ymguddia rhag fy neisyfiad. Gwrando arnaf, ac erglyw fi: cwynfan yr ydwyf yn fy ngweddi, a thuchan, Gan lais y gelyn, gan orthrymder yr annuwiol: oherwydd y maent yn bwrw anwiredd arnaf, ac yn fy nghasáu yn llidiog. Fy nghalon a ofidia o’m mewn: ac ofn angau a syrthiodd arnaf. Ofn ac arswyd a ddaeth arnaf, a dychryn a’m gorchuddiodd. A dywedais, O na bai i mi adenydd fel colomen! yna yr ehedwn ymaith, ac y gorffwyswn. Wele, crwydrwn ymhell, ac arhoswn yn yr anialwch. Sela. Brysiwn i ddianc, rhag y gwynt ystormus a’r dymestl. Dinistria, O Arglwydd, a gwahan eu tafodau: canys gwelais drawster a chynnen yn y ddinas. 10 Dydd a nos yr amgylchant hi ar ei muriau: ac y mae anwiredd a blinder yn ei chanol hi. 11 Anwireddau sydd yn ei chanol hi; ac ni chilia twyll a dichell o’i heolydd hi. 12 Canys nid gelyn a’m difenwodd; yna y dioddefaswn: nid fy nghasddyn a ymfawrygodd i’m herbyn; yna mi a ymguddiaswn rhagddo ef: 13 Eithr tydi, ddyn, fy nghydradd, fy fforddwr, a’m cydnabod, 14 Y rhai oedd felys gennym gydgyfrinachu, ac a rodiasom i dŷ Dduw ynghyd. 15 Rhuthred marwolaeth arnynt, a disgynnant i uffern yn fyw: canys drygioni sydd yn eu cartref, ac yn eu mysg. 16 Myfi a waeddaf ar Dduw; a’r Arglwydd a’m hachub i. 17 Hwyr a bore, a hanner dydd, y gweddïaf, a byddaf daer: ac efe a glyw fy lleferydd. 18 Efe a waredodd fy enaid mewn heddwch oddi wrth y rhyfel oedd i’m herbyn: canys yr oedd llawer gyda mi. 19 Duw a glyw, ac a’u darostwng hwynt, yr hwn sydd yn aros erioed: Sela: am nad oes gyfnewidiau iddynt, am hynny nid ofnant Dduw. 20 Efe a estynnodd ei law yn erbyn y rhai oedd heddychlon ag ef: efe a dorrodd ei gyfamod. 21 Llyfnach oedd ei enau nag ymenyn, a rhyfel yn ei galon: tynerach oedd ei eiriau nag olew, a hwynt yn gleddyfau noethion. 22 Bwrw dy faich ar yr Arglwydd, ac efe a’th gynnal di: ni ad i’r cyfiawn ysgogi byth. 23 Tithau, Dduw, a’u disgynni hwynt i bydew dinistr: gwŷr gwaedlyd a thwyllodrus ni byddant byw hanner eu dyddiau; ond myfi a obeithiaf ynot ti.

Psalm 55[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[b] of David.

Listen to my prayer, O God,
    do not ignore my plea;(A)
    hear me and answer me.(B)
My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught(C)
    because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me(D)
    and assail(E) me in their anger.(F)

My heart is in anguish(G) within me;
    the terrors(H) of death have fallen on me.
Fear and trembling(I) have beset me;
    horror(J) has overwhelmed me.
I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;[c](K)
I would hurry to my place of shelter,(L)
    far from the tempest and storm.(M)

Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,(N)
    for I see violence and strife(O) in the city.(P)
10 Day and night they prowl(Q) about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.
11 Destructive forces(R) are at work in the city;
    threats and lies(S) never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,(T)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship(U)
    at the house of God,(V)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;(W)
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,(X)
    for evil finds lodging among them.

16 As for me, I call to God,
    and the Lord saves me.
17 Evening,(Y) morning(Z) and noon(AA)
    I cry out in distress,
    and he hears my voice.
18 He rescues me unharmed
    from the battle waged against me,
    even though many oppose me.
19 God, who is enthroned from of old,(AB)
    who does not change—
he will hear(AC) them and humble them,
    because they have no fear of God.(AD)

20 My companion attacks his friends;(AE)
    he violates his covenant.(AF)
21 His talk is smooth as butter,(AG)
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,(AH)
    yet they are drawn swords.(AI)

22 Cast your cares on the Lord
    and he will sustain you;(AJ)
he will never let
    the righteous be shaken.(AK)
23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit(AL) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(AM)
    will not live out half their days.(AN)

But as for me, I trust in you.(AO)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:1 In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.
  2. Psalm 55:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 55:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.