8 When the Most High allotted each nation its heritage, when he separated out human beings, [AF] He set up the boundaries of the peoples after the number of the divine beings; [2]

9 But the Lord's portion was his people; his allotted share was Jacob. [AG]

10 He found them in a wilderness, a wasteland of howling desert. He shielded them, cared for them, guarded them as the apple of his eye. [AH]