1. And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert,
2. And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel abiding in their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon him,
3. He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye ire stopped up:
4. The hearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened:
5. How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel!