³ and he uttered his oracle:
       "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
       the oracle of one whose eye sees clearly,

 ⁴ the oracle of one who hears the words of God,
       who sees a vision from the Almighty, 

       who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

 ⁵ "How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob,
       your dwelling places, O Israel!

⁶ "Like valleys they spread out,
       like gardens beside a river,
       like aloes planted by the LORD,
       like cedars beside the waters.

 ⁷ Water will flow from their buckets;
       their seed will have abundant water.
       "Their king will be greater than Agag;
       their kingdom will be exalted.

 ⁸ "God brought them out of Egypt;
       they have the strength of a wild ox.
       They devour hostile nations
       and break their bones in pieces;
       with their arrows they pierce them.

 ⁹ Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
       like a lioness—who dares to rouse them?
       "May those who bless you be blessed
       and those who curse you be cursed!"