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10     The Eternal found Jacob out in the wilderness,
        out in an empty, windswept desert wasteland.
    He put His arms around him and took care of him;
        He protected him as the apple of His eye.
11     Just as an eagle stirs up its nest, encouraging its young to fly,
        and then hovers over them in case they need help,
    And spreads its wings and catches them if they fall,
        and carries them up high on its wings;
12     So the Eternal guided Jacob through the wilderness
        without the help of any foreign god.

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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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