¹⁰ In a desert^(A) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.^(B)
He shielded^(C) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,^(D)

³     I, the Lord, watch over it;
    I water^(A) it continually.
I guard^(B) it day and night
    so that no one may harm^(C) it.

⁵ Like birds hovering^(A) overhead,
    the Lord Almighty will shield^(B) Jerusalem;
he will shield it and deliver^(C) it,
    he will ‘pass over’^(D) it and will rescue it.”