³ May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.
⁴ May he defend the afflicted^(C) among the people
    and save the children of the needy;^(D)
    may he crush the oppressor.^(E)
5 May he endure^[a](F) as long as the sun,
    as long as the moon, through all generations.^(G)
6 May he be like rain^(H) falling on a mown field,
    like showers watering the earth.
⁷ In his days may the righteous flourish^(I)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

⁸ May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River^[b](J) to the ends of the earth.^(K)
9 May the desert tribes bow before him
    and his enemies lick the dust.
¹⁰ May the kings of Tarshish^(L) and of distant shores^(M)
    bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba^(N) and Seba
    present him gifts.^(O)
11 May all kings bow down^(P) to him
    and all nations serve^(Q) him.

¹² For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
    the afflicted who have no one to help.
¹³ He will take pity^(R) on the weak and the needy
    and save the needy from death.
¹⁴ He will rescue^(S) them from oppression and violence,
    for precious^(T) is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵ Long may he live!
    May gold from Sheba^(U) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
    and bless him all day long.^(V)
16 May grain^(W) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops^(X) flourish like Lebanon^(Y)
    and thrive^[c] like the grass of the field.^(Z)
17 May his name endure forever;^(AA)
    may it continue as long as the sun.^(AB)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,^[d]
    and they will call him blessed.^(AC)

¹⁸ Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,^(AD)
    who alone does marvelous deeds.^(AE)
19 Praise be to his glorious name^(AF) forever;
    may the whole earth be filled with his glory.^(AG)
Amen and Amen.^(AH)

²⁰ This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.^(AI)

“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
    the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,
¹⁶ the prophecy of one who hears the words^(A) of God,
    who has knowledge from the Most High,^(B)
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
    who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

¹⁷ “I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near.^(C)
A star will come out of Jacob;^(D)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.^(E)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,^(F)
    the skulls^[a](G) of^[b] all the people of Sheth.^[c]
18 Edom^(H) will be conquered;
    Seir,^(I) his enemy, will be conquered,^(J)
    but Israel^(K) will grow strong.
¹⁹ A ruler will come out of Jacob^(L)
    and destroy the survivors of the city.”

⁶⁸ “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(C)
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.^(D)
69 He has raised up a horn^[a](E) of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David^(F)
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),^(G)
71 salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
⁷² to show mercy to our ancestors^(H)
    and to remember his holy covenant,^(I)
73     the oath he swore to our father Abraham:^(J)
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him^(K) without fear^(L)
75     in holiness and righteousness^(M) before him all our days.

⁷⁶ And you, my child, will be called a prophet^(N) of the Most High;^(O)
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,^(P)
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,^(Q)
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun^(R) will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹ to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,^(S)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”^(T)