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    but Jacob's descendants he chose for himself.

10 “He found them wandering through the desert,
    a desolate, wind-swept wilderness.
He protected them and cared for them,
    as he would protect himself.
11 Like an eagle teaching its young to fly,[a]
    catching them safely on its spreading wings,
    the Lord kept Israel from falling.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:11 teaching its young to fly; or watching over its young.

For the Lord’s portion(A) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(B)

10 In a desert(C) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.(D)
He shielded(E) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(F)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,(G)
that spreads its wings to catch them
    and carries them aloft.(H)

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