17. And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: `What hath Jehovah spoken?'
18. And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!
19. God [is] not a man--and lieth, And a son of man--and repenteth! Hath He said-- and doth He not do [it]? And spoken--and doth He not confirm it?
20. Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can]not reverse it.
21. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God [is] with him, And a shout of a king [is] in him.
22. God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;
23. For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!
24. Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'
25. And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;'