^11 (A)He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
    ^(B)he will gather the lambs in his arms;
^(C)he will carry them in his bosom,
    and gently lead those that are with young.

³ “Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
    all the remnant of the house of Israel,
^(A)who have been borne by me from before your birth,
    carried from the womb;

^9 (A)In all their affliction he was afflicted,^[a]
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
^(B)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    ^(C)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.