The nations of the world were like a bird's nest, and I gathered their wealth as easily as gathering eggs. Not a wing fluttered to scare me off; no beak opened to scream at me!"

"You saw what I, the LORD, did to the Egyptians and how I carried you as an eagle carries her young on her wings, and brought you here to me.

Like an eagle teaching its young to fly, catching them safely on its spreading wings, the LORD kept Israel from falling.

God is in that city, and it will never be destroyed; at early dawn he will come to its aid.

He will cover you with his wings; you will be safe in his care; his faithfulness will protect and defend you.

He helps them and rescues them; he saves them from the wicked, because they go to him for protection.

you will answer, 'It is the sacrifice of Passover to honor the LORD, because he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. He killed the Egyptians, but spared us.' " The Israelites knelt down and worshiped.