The "Druid's Prayer" or "Gorsedd Prayer" (Gweddi'r Orsedd) is a prayer

Prayer

Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...

 composed by Iolo Morganwg

Iolo Morganwg

Edward Williams, better known by his bardic name Iolo Morganwg , was an influential Welsh antiquarian, poet, collector, and literary forger. He was widely considered a leading collector and expert on medieval Welsh literature in his day, but after his death it was revealed that he had forged a...

 which is still a staple in the ritual of both gorsedd

Gorsedd

A gorsedd plural gorseddau, is a community or coming together of modern-day bards. The word is of Welsh origin, meaning "throne". It is occasionally spelled gorsedh , or goursez in Brittany....

au and Neo-Druidism

Neo-Druidism

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. Neo-Druids sometimes substitute the words y Dduwies ("the Goddess") for the original Duw ("God").

Versions in Barddas

In the volume Barddas by Iolo Morganwg (edited and compiled by Reverend John Williams

John Williams (archdeacon)

John Williams , was an antiquary and Anglican priest. Born in Llangynhafal, Denbighshire Wales in 1811, he graduated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1835 to become the Anglican curate of Llanfor, Merionethshire, where he married Elizabeth Lloyd Williams...

 ab Ithel), there are six versions of the Gorsedd Prayer, both in Iolo's original Welsh

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 and in English

English language

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translation (the word gwynvyd, roughly corresponding to "heaven" is left untranslated).

Version One

Llyma Weddi'r Orsedd, a elwir Gweddi'r Gwyddoniaid (O Lyfr Mawr Margam)

Dyw dy nerth, ag yn nerth Dioddef;

A dioddef dros y gwir, ag yn y gwir pop goleuni;

Ag yngoleuni pob Gwynfyd, ag yngwynfyd Cariad,

Ag ynghariad Dyw, ag yn nuw pop daioni.
The Gorsedd Prayer, called the Prayer of the Gwyddoniaid (From the Great Book of Margam)

God, impart Thy strength;

And in strength, power to suffer;

And to suffer for the truth;

And in the truth, all light;

And in light, gwynvyd;

And in gwynfyd, love;

And in love, God;

And in God, all goodness.

Version Two

Llyma weddi'r Orsedd o Lyfr Trehaearn Brydydd Mawr

Dyro Dduw dy Nawdd;

Ag yn Nawdd, Pwyll;

Ag ymhwyll, Goleuni;

Ag yngoleuni, Gwirionedd;

Ag yngwirionedd, Cyfiawnder;

Ag ynghyfiawnder, Cariad;

Ag ynghariad, Cariad Duw;

Ag ynghariad Duw, pob Gwynfyd.

Duw a phob Daioni.

The Gorsedd Prayer, from the Book of Trahaiarn the Great Poet

Grant, God, Thy protection;

And in protection, reason;

And in reason, light;

And in light, truth;

And in truth, justice;

And in justice, love;

And in love, the love of God;

And in the love of God, gwynfyd.

God and all goodness.

Version Three

The below version is that usually adopted by various druidic groups, notably the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) albeit in a different fashion.
Llyma weddi'r orsedd o Lyfr arall

Dyro Dduw dy Nawdd;

Ag yn nawdd, nerth;

Ag yn nerth, Deall;

Ag yn Neall, Gwybod;

Ac yngwybod, gwybod y cyfiawn;

Ag yngwybod yn cyfiawn, ei garu;

Ag o garu, caru pob hanfod;

Ag ymhob Hanfod, caru Duw.

Duw a phob Daioni.

The Gorsedd Prayer, from another Book

Grant, O God, Thy protection;

And in protection, strength;

And in strength, understanding;

And in understanding, knowledge;

And in knowledge, the knowledge of justice;

And in the knowledge of justice, the love of it;

And in that love, the love of all existences;

And in the love of all existences, the love of God.

God and all goodness.