“Arise, Balak, and listen;
    hear me, son of Zippor.^(B)
19 God is not human,^(C) that he should lie,^(D)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.^(E)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise^(F) and not fulfill?
²⁰ I have received a command to bless;^(G)
    he has blessed,^(H) and I cannot change it.^(I)

²¹ “No misfortune is seen in Jacob,^(J)
    no misery observed^[a] in Israel.^(K)
The Lord their God is with them;^(L)
    the shout of the King^(M) is among them.
²² God brought them out of Egypt;^(N)
    they have the strength of a wild ox.^(O)
23 There is no divination against^[b] Jacob,
    no evil omens^(P) against^[c] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
    and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
²⁴ The people rise like a lioness;^(Q)
    they rouse themselves like a lion^(R)
that does not rest till it devours its prey
    and drinks the blood^(S) of its victims.”