8. Why should I curse one whom God has not cursed? And why should I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?
9. For from the top of the rocks I have seen him, and from the hills I beheld him; behold, a people that shall dwell in confidence and shall not be counted among the Gentiles.
10. Who shall count the dust of Jacob and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
11. Then Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
12. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord has put in my mouth?