18 He took up his parable, and said,“Rise up, Balak, and hear!Listen to me, you 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 it?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 can’t reverse it.
21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob.Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel.The Lord his God is with him.The shout of a king is among them.
22 God brings them out of Egypt.He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob;Neither is there any divination with Israel.Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel,‘What has God done!’
24 Behold, a people rises up as a lioness.As a lion he lifts himself up.He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey,and drinks the blood of the slain.”