18 Then he took up his oracle and said:

s“Rise up, Balak, and hear!

Listen to me, son of Zippor!

19 “God tis not a man, that He should lie,

Nor a son of man, that He should repent.

Has He usaid, 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;

vHe has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

21 “He whas not observed iniquity in Jacob,

Nor has He seen 4wickedness in Israel.

The Lord his God is with him,

xAnd the shout of a King is among them.

22 yGod brings them out of Egypt;

He has zstrength like a wild ox.

23 “For there is no 5sorcery against Jacob,

Nor any 6divination against Israel.

It now must be said of Jacob

And of Israel, ‘Oh, awhat God has done!’

24 Look, a people rises blike a lioness,

And lifts itself up like a lion;

cIt shall not lie down until it devours the prey,

And drinks the blood of the slain.”