⁸ How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

¹² And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.

²⁰ Behold, I have received `commandment' to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

²³ Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

²⁵ that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

¹² Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

¹³ Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.