Deuteronomy 32:8-10

International Standard Version

⁸ When the Most High gave nations as their inheritance,
    when he separated the human race,
he set boundaries for the people
    according to the number of the children of God.^[a]
9 For the Lord’s portion is his people;
    Jacob is his allotted portion.

¹⁰ The Lord^[b] found him^[c] in a desert land,
    in a barren, eerie^[d] wilderness.
He surrounded, cared for, and guarded him
    as the pupil of his eye.