How can I curse
    those whom God has not cursed?(A)
How can I denounce
    those whom the Lord has not denounced?(B)
From the rocky peaks I see them,
    from the heights I view them.(C)
I see a people who live apart
    and do not consider themselves one of the nations.(D)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(E)
    or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(F)
    and may my final end be like theirs!(G)

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“How(A) shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! (B)A people dwelling alone,
(C)Not reckoning itself among the nations.

10 “Who(D) can count the [a]dust of Jacob,
Or number one-fourth of Israel?
Let me die (E)the death of the righteous,
And let my end be like his!”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:10 Or dust cloud