5. ‘How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob,and your dwelling places, O Israel!
6. They are like valleys stretched forth,like gardens by the river’s side,like aloes that the Lord has planted,and like cedar trees beside the waters.
7. He will pour the water out of his buckets,and their descendants will be like abundant water;their king will be greater than Agag,and their kingdom will be exalted.
8. God brought them out of Egypt.They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull;they will devour hostile peopleand will break their bonesand will pierce them through with arrows.
9. They crouch and lie down like a lion,and as a lioness, who can stir him?Blessed is the one who blesses you,and cursed is the one who curses you!’”
10. Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!
11. So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you; but now the Lord has stood in the way of your honor.”