Numbers 24:2-9

2When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him,

3and he proclaimed his poem: The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened,

4the oracle of one who hears the sayings of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls into a trance with his eyes uncovered:

5How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.

6They stretch out like river valleys, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the Lord has planted, like cedars beside the water.

7Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will be by abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

8God brought him out of Egypt; he is like the horns of a wild ox for them. He will feed on enemy nations and gnaw their bones; he will strike them with his arrows.

9He crouches, he lies down like a lion or a lioness — who dares to rouse him? Those who bless you will be blessed, and those who curse you will be cursed.