1 And Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, and he did not go as other times to seek out sorcery; instead, he set his face toward the desert.
2 Balaam lift up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to its tribes, and the spirit of God was upon it.
3 He uttered his oracle and said, “The declaration of Balaam son Beor, the declaration of the man whose eyes are closed,
4 the declaration of the hearer of God’s words, who sees the revelation of Shaddai, falling down but whose eyes are uncovered.