Numbers 24:3-9 ▼

3 And he took up his parable, and said: The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, And the saying of the man whose eye is opened;

4 The saying of him who heareth the words of God, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Fallen down, yet with opened eyes:

5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy dwellings, O Israel!

6 As valleys stretched out, As gardens by the river-side; As aloes planted of the LORD, As cedars beside the waters;

7 Water shall flow from his branches, And his seed shall be in many waters; And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

8 God who brought him forth out of Egypt Is for him like the lofty horns of the wild-ox; He shall eat up the nations that are his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And pierce them through with his arrows.

9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.