1. Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times, to seek to use sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2. And Balaam raised his eyes, and saw Israel encamped according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
3. Then he took up his oracle and said:“The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor,The utterance of the man whose eyes are opened,
4. The utterance of him who hears the words of God,Who sees the vision of the Almighty,Who falls down, with eyes wide open: