^9 (A)For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.
^10 (B)He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as ^(C)the ^[a]apple of His eye.
^11 (D)As an eagle stirs up its nest,
And hovers over its young,
^(E)He spread His wings, He caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.