⁵ How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;

^{6 Ref} As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters;

^{7 Ref} He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed `is' in many waters; And higher than Agag `is' his king, And exalted is his kingdom.

^{8 Ref} God is bringing him out of Egypt; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries, And their bones he breaketh, And `with' his arrows he smiteth,

^{9 Ref} He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee `is' blessed, And he who is cursing thee `is' cursed.'

^{10 Ref} And the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam, and he striketh his hands; and Balak saith unto Balaam, `To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed -- these three times;