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 who lies,or a son of man who changes His mind. Does He speak and not act,or promise and not fulfill?
20. I have indeed received a command to bless;since He has blessed, I cannot change it.
21. He considers no disaster for Jacob;He sees no trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them, 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.
23. There is no magic curse against Jacoband no divination against Israel.It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,“What great things God has done! ”
24. A people rise up like a lioness;They rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour the preyand drink the blood of the slain.
25. Then Balak told Balaam, “Don’t curse them and don’t bless them! ”