But the Lord’s portion is His people,
Jacob, His own inheritance.

10 He found him in a desolate land,
in a barren, howling wilderness;
He surrounded him, cared for him,
and protected him as the pupil of His eye.(A)
11 He watches over[a] His nest like an eagle
and hovers over His young;
He spreads His wings, catches him,
and lifts him up on His pinions.(B)
12 The Lord alone led him,
with no help from a foreign god.[b]
13 He made him ride on the heights of the land(C)
and eat the produce of the field.
He nourished him with honey from the rock
and oil from flint-like rock,
14 cream from the herd and milk from the flock,
with the fat of lambs,
rams from Bashan, and goats,
with the choicest grains of wheat;
you drank wine from the finest grapes.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:11 Or He stirs up
  2. Deuteronomy 32:12 Lit him, and no foreign god with Him
  3. Deuteronomy 32:14 Lit the blood of grapes

For the Lord’s portion(A) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(B)

10 In a desert(C) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.(D)
He shielded(E) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(F)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,(G)
that spreads its wings to catch them
    and carries them aloft.(H)
12 The Lord alone led(I) him;(J)
    no foreign god was with him.(K)

13 He made him ride on the heights(L) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(M)
    and with oil(N) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(O)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(P)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(Q)

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