Numbers 23:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸ But how can I put a curse on
    people God hasn’t cursed?
How can I speak against
    people the Lord hasn’t spoken against?
⁹ I see them from the rocky peaks.
    I view them from the hills.
I see a group of people who live by themselves.
    They don’t consider themselves to be one of the nations.
¹⁰ Jacob’s people are like the dust of the earth.
    Can dust be counted?
    Who can count even a fourth of the Israelites?
Let me die as godly people die.
    Let my death be like theirs!”