9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. 11 As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
Deuteronomy 32:9–11
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