Numbers 23:18-24

New Century Version

“Stand up, Balak, and listen.
    Hear me, son of Zippor.
¹⁹ God is not a human being, and he will not lie.
    He is not a human, and he does not change his mind.
What he says he will do, he does.
    What he promises, he makes come true.
²⁰ He told me to bless them,
    so I cannot change the blessing.
²¹ He has found no wrong in the people of Jacob;
    he saw no fault in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
    and they praise their King.
²² God brought them out of Egypt;
    they are as strong as a wild ox.
²³ No tricks will work on the people of Jacob,
    and no magic will work against Israel.
People now say about them,
    ‘Look what God has done for Israel!’
²⁴ The people rise up like a lioness;
    they get up like a lion.
Lions don’t rest until they have eaten,
    until they have drunk their enemies’ blood.”