¹⁰ God found^[a] Israel in a wild land—
        in a howling desert wasteland—
    he protected him, cared for him,
    watched over him with his very own eye.

¹⁸ Caravans turn aside from their paths;
    they go up into untamed areas and perish.

²⁴     takes away the power to think from earth’s leaders,
    making them wander in untraveled wastelands.