who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, 'wherein were' fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
and was thi ledere in þe greet wildirnesse and ferdful, in which was a serpent brenninge with blast, and scorpioun, and dipsas, and outirli no watris; which Lord ledde out stremes of  þe hardeste stoon,