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Then he took up his discourse and said, "Arise, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor!

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

"God is not a man, that He would lie, Nor a son of man, that He would change His mind; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

"Behold, I have received a command to bless; When He has blessed, I cannot revoke it.

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

"He has not looked at misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the joyful shout of a king is among them.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

"God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

"For there is no magic curse against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done!

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

"Behold, a people rises like a lioness, And like a lion it raises itself; It will not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of those slain."

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.