10
Who has counted the dust of Jacob or numbered the dust clouds[a] of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright; let the end of my [life] be like theirs.
8
How can I curse someone God has not cursed? How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?
9
I see them from the top of rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. There is a people living alone; it does not consider itself among the nations.
10
Who has counted the dust of Jacob or numbered the dust clouds of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright; let the end of my [life] be like theirs.
11
"What have you done to me?" Balak asked Balaam. "I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have only blessed [them]!"
12
He answered, "Shouldn't I say exactly what the Lord puts in my mouth?"