1. And when Bil‛am saw that it pleased יהוה to bless Yisra’ĕl, he did not go as at other times, to seek to use sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2. And Bil‛am lifted up his eyes and saw Yisra’ĕl encamped according to their tribes. And the Spirit of Elohim came upon him.
3. And he took up his proverb and said, “The saying of Bil‛am, son of Be‛or, and the saying of the man whose eyes are opened,
4. the saying of him who hears the words of Ěl, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down, with eyes opened wide:
5. “How good are your tents, O Ya‛aqoḇ, your dwellings, O Yisra’ĕl!
6. “Like wadis that stretch out, like gardens by a river, like aloes planted by יהוה, like cedars beside waters.
7. “He makes water flow from his buckets, and his seed is in many waters. His sovereign is higher than Ag̅ag̅, and his reign is exalted.