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]

11 As an eagle incites its nestlings, hovering over its young, So he spread his wings, took them, bore them upon his pinions. [AI]