⁸ When the Most High^(A) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,^(B)
he set up boundaries^(C) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.^[a](D)
9 For the Lord’s portion^(E) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.^(F)

¹⁰ In a desert^(G) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.^(H)
He shielded^(I) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,^(J)