Numbers 23:24-26

New Catholic Bible

²⁴Behold, a people rises up like a lioness,
like a young lion it lifts itself up.
It will not lie down again until it eats the prey
and drinks the blood of the slain.”

²⁵Then Balak said to Balaam, “Then do not either curse them in any way or bless them in any way!” ²⁶But Balaam answered Balak saying, “Did I not tell you: ‘All that the Lord says I must do!’ ”