And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, If the men have come to summon you, arise and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on their beds,

In order to turn man from his deed, and conceal pride from man,

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.

Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more Jehovah will say to me.

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will declare to you. So he went to a barren height.

And Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place from which you can see them; you shall see only the extremity of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there.

And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet over there.

My people, remember now what Balak, king of Moab, counseled; and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteousness of Jehovah.

Behold, I have been chosen to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.

and said: By Myself I have sworn, says Jehovah, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only one;

And in your Seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.

Nevertheless Jehovah your God would not listen to Balaam, but Jehovah your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Jehovah your God has loved you.

Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Jehovah, the shield of your help and the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall cower before you, and you shall tread down their high places.

Blessed are the people who are like this; blessed are the people whose God is Jehovah!

Blessed is he who has the Mighty God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God accounts righteousness apart from works:

Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

For the gifts and the calling of God are without regret.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ,