7 Think about past generations.Ask your parentsor any of your elders.They will tell you
8 that God Most Highgave land to every nation.He assigned a guardian angelto each of them,
9 but the Lord himselftakes care of Israel.
10 Israel, the Lord discovered youin a barren desertfilled with howling winds.God became your fortress,protecting you as thoughyou were his own eyes.
11 The Lord was like an eagleteaching its young to fly,always ready to swoop downand catch them on its back.
12 Israel, the Lord led you,and without the aidof a foreign god,
13 he helped youcapture the land.Your fields were richwith grain.Olive trees grewin your stony soil,and honey was foundamong the rocks.