1. When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
2. And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him,
3. and he took up his discourse and said,“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
4. the oracle of him who hears the words of God,who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered:
5. How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,your encampments, O Israel!
6. Like palm groves that stretch afar,like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted,like cedar trees beside the waters.
7. Water shall flow from his buckets,and his seed shall be in many waters;his king shall be higher than Agag,and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8. God brings him out of Egyptand is for him like the horns of the wild ox;he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries,and shall break their bones in piecesand pierce them through with his arrows.