Deu 32:10, Psa 17:8, Pro 7:2 | JFB | STEP | 10. found him in a desert land —took him into a covenant relation at Sinai, or rather "sustained," "provided for him" in a desert land. a waste howling wilderness —a common Oriental expression for a desert infested by wild beasts.

Deuteronomy 32:10

10. found him in a desert land—took him into a covenant relation at Sinai, or rather "sustained," "provided for him" in a desert land.

a waste howling wilderness—a common Oriental expression for a desert infested by wild beasts.

8. Similar figures, denoting the preciousness of God's people in His sight, in De 32:10, 11; Mt 23:37.

2. apple . . . eye—pupil of eye, a custody (Pr 4:23) of special value.