⁹ 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)

⁷ Show me the wonders of your great love,^(A)
    you who save by your right hand^(B)
    those who take refuge^(C) in you from their foes.
⁸ Keep me^(D) as the apple of your eye;^(E)
    hide me^(F) in the shadow of your wings^(G)
9 from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
    from my mortal enemies who surround me.^(H)