translation.en: He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
translation.me: The Lord foond hym in a deseert lond, that is, priued of Goddis religioun, in the place of orrour ethir hidousnesse, and of wast wildirnesse; the Lord ledde hym aboute, and tauyte hym, and kepte as the apple of his iye.