7 Then he took up his discourse and said,
“From aAram Balak has brought me,
Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,
‘bCome curse Jacob for me,
And come, denounce Israel!’
8 aHow shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how can I denounce whom Yahweh has not denounced?
9 For I see him from the top of the rocks,
And I look at him from the hills;
aBehold, a people who dwells alone,
And will not be reckoned among the nations.
10 aWho can number the dust of Jacob,
Or count the fourth part of Israel?
bLet me die the death of the upright,
cAnd let my end be like his!”