7 Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying: “Balak has brought me from Aram,the king of Moab from the mountains of the east,saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me,and come, defy Israel!’
8 How will I cursewhom God has not cursed?Or how will I defywhom the Lord has not defied?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him,and from the hills I behold him;there, the people will dwell aloneand will not be counted among the nations.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacoband the number of the fourth part of Israel?Let me die the death of the righteous,and let my last end be like his!”
11 And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but now you have certainly blessed them.”
12 He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”
13 And Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them. You will see part of them, but will not see them all. Curse them for me from there.”