Numbers 23:17–22

17 So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”

18 Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak, get up and listen;

son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!

19 God is not a man, that he might lie,

or a son of man, that he might change his mind.i

Does he speak and not act,

or promise and not fulfill?j

20 I have indeed received a command to bless;

since he has blessed,B I cannot change it.

21 He considers no disaster for Jacob;

he sees no trouble for Israel.C

The Lord their God is with them,k

and there is rejoicing over the King among them.

22 God brought them out of Egypt;

he is like the horns of a wild ox for them.D,l