32:8 When the Most High 1 gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided up humankind, 2
he set the boundaries of the peoples,
according to the number of the heavenly assembly. 3
32:9 For the Lord’s allotment is his people,
Jacob is his special possession. 4
32:10 The Lord 5 found him 6 in a desolate land,
in an empty wasteland where animals howl. 7
He continually guarded him 8 and taught him; 9
he continually protected him 10 like the pupil 11 of his eye.
32:11 Like an eagle that stirs up 12 its nest,
that hovers over its young,
so the Lord 13 spread out his wings and took him, 14
he lifted him up on his pinions.
32:12 The Lord alone was guiding him, 15
no foreign god was with him.
32:13 He enabled him 16 to travel over the high terrain of the land,
and he ate of the produce of the fields.
He provided honey for him from the cliffs, 17
and olive oil 18 from the hardest of 19 rocks, 20