⁴ he will cover you with his pinions,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness is a shield and defense.^(A)

¹¹ As an eagle stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,
as it spreads its wings, takes them up,
    and bears them aloft on its pinions,^(A)
12 the Lord alone guided him;
    no foreign god was with him.^(B)

¹⁶ Thus says the Lord:
Stand at the crossroads and look,
    and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way lies; and walk in it,
    and find rest for your souls.
But they said, “We will not walk in it.”^(A)
17 Also I raised up sentinels for you:
    “Give heed to the sound of the trumpet!”
But they said, “We will not give heed.”^(B)

²⁴ Because I have called and you refused,
    have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,^(A)
25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
    and would have none of my reproof,^(B)
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
    I will mock when panic strikes you,^(C)
27 when panic strikes you like a storm
    and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
    when distress and anguish come upon you.
²⁸ Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me diligently but will not find me.^(D)
29 Because they hated knowledge
    and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
³⁰ would have none of my counsel
    and despised all my reproof,^(E)
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
    and be sated with their own devices.^(F)