⁹ But Yahweh’s people were his property.
    Jacob was his own possession.
¹⁰ He found his people in a desert land,
    in a barren place where animals howl.
        He guarded them, took care of them,
            and protected them because they were helpless.
¹¹ Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
    hovers over its young,
        spreads its wings to catch them,
            and carries them on its feathers,