18 Then he took up his oracle and said:“Rise up, Balak, and hear!Listen to me, son of Zippor!
19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,Nor a son of man, that He should repent.Has He said, and will He not do?Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
21 “He has not observed iniquity in Jacob,Nor has He seen wickedness in Israel.The Lord his God is with him,And the shout of a King is among them.
22 God brings them out of Egypt;He has strength like a wild ox.
23 “For there is no sorcery against Jacob,Nor any divination against Israel.It now must be said of JacobAnd of Israel, ‘Oh, what God has done!’
24 Look, a people rises like a lioness,And lifts itself up like a lion;It shall not lie down until it devours the prey,And drinks the blood of the slain.”