Numbers 24:1-9 ▼

1 And Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of YHWH to bless Israel, and he did not go as time by time to seek to use sorcery, and he set his face toward the wilderness.

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel encamped according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came upon him.

3 And he lifted up his oracle and said: “An utterance of Balaam son of Beor, and a declaration of the man whose eyes are opened.

4 An utterance of him who hears the words of God, who sees a vision of Shaddai, and who falls down with eyes wide open.

5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!

6 Like valleys that stretch out, like gardens by the river, like aloes planted by YHWH, like cedars beside the waters.

7 He shall pour water from his buckets, and his seed is abundant in waters. And his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

8 God brings him out of Egypt; strength like a wild ox is unto him. He shall consume his enemies the nations, and their bones he shall break, and pierce them with his arrows.

9 He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him? He who blesses you is blessed and he who curses you is cursed.”