10 He found him in the land of the wilderness, in a waste and roaring wilderness: he led him about, he taught him, and kept him as the apple of his eye.

11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, [a]fluttereth over her birds, stretcheth out her wings, taketh them and beareth them on her wings,

12 So the Lord alone led him, and there was no [b]strange god with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:11 To teach them to fly.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:12 Or, god of strange nations.

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)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,(E)
that spreads its wings to catch them
    and carries them aloft.(F)
12 The Lord alone led(G) him;(H)
    no foreign god was with him.(I)

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