Numbers 23:18-24

International Standard Version

“Stand up, Balak, and pay attention!
    Listen to me, you son of Zippor!
¹⁹ God is not a human male—
    he doesn’t lie,
nor is he a human being—
    he never vacillates.
Once he speaks up,
    he’s going to act, isn’t he?
Once he makes a promise,
    he’ll fulfill it, won’t he?

²⁰ Look! I’ve received a blessing,
    and so I will bless.
        I won’t withdraw it.
²¹ He has not responded to iniquity in Jacob
    or gazed at mischief in Israel.
The Lord his God is with them,
    and the triumphant cry of a king is among them.

²² From Egypt God brought them—
    his strength was like a wild ox!
²³ No Satanic plan against Jacob
    nor divination against Israel
        can ever prevail.
When the time is right,
    it is to be asked about Jacob and Israel,
        ‘What has God accomplished?’

²⁴ Look! The people are like lions.
    Like the lion, he rises up!
He does not lie down again
    until he has consumed his prey
        and drunk the blood of the slain.”