Numbers 24:3–9

3 dThen he took up his oracle and said:

“The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor,

The utterance of the man whose eyes are opened,

4 The utterance of him who hears the words of God,

Who sees the vision of the Almighty,

Who efalls down, with eyes wide open:

5 “How lovely are your tents, O Jacob!

Your dwellings, O Israel!

6 Like valleys that stretch out,

Like gardens by the riverside,

fLike aloes gplanted by the Lord,

Like cedars beside the waters.

7 He shall pour water from his buckets,

And his seed shall be hin many waters.

“His king shall be higher than iAgag,

And his jkingdom shall be exalted.

8 “God kbrings him out of Egypt;

He has strength like a wild ox;

He shall lconsume the nations, his enemies;

He shall mbreak their bones

And npierce them with his arrows.

9 ‘He obows down, he lies down as a lion;

And as a lion, who shall rouse him?’

p“Blessed is he who blesses you,

And cursed is he who curses you.”