Deuteronomy 32:9-12

“For the people of Israel belong to the L ord ; Jacob is his special possession. He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes. Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions. The L ord  alone guided them; they followed no foreign gods. (Deuteronomy 32:9-12 NLT)