5. He recognizes that his people are corrupt.To their shame they are no longer his children.They are devious and scheming.
6. Is this how you repay the Lord,you foolish and silly people?Isn’t he your Father and Owner,who made you and formed you?
7. Remember a time long ago.Think about all the past generations.Ask your fathers to remind you,and your leaders to tell you.
8. When the Most High gave nations their land,when he divided the descendants of Adam,he set up borders for the tribescorresponding to the number of the sons of Israel.
9. But the Lord’s people were his property.Jacob was his own possession.
10. He found his people in a desert land,in a barren place where animals howl.He guarded them, took care of them,and protected them because they were helpless.
11. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,hovers over its young,spreads its wings to catch them,and carries them on its feathers,
12. so the Lord alone led his people.No foreign god was with him.