^10 (A)He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling waste of a wilderness;
He encircled him; He cared for him;
He guarded him as ^(B)the pupil of His eye.
^11 (C)Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
^(D)He spread His wings and caught them;
He carried them on His pinions.
^12 (E)Yahweh alone guided him,
^(F)And there was no foreign god with him.

⁹ In all their distress ^[a](A)He was distressed,
And the ^(B)angel of His presence saved them;
In His ^(C)love and in His mercy He ^(D)redeemed them,
And He ^(E)lifted them and carried them all the ancient days.

³ Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk;
^[a]I ^(A)took them in My arms;
But they did not know that I ^(B)healed them.