Numbers 24:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸ “God brought them out of Egypt.
    They are as strong as a wild ox.
They destroy nations at war with them.
    They break their bones in pieces.
    They wound them with their arrows.
⁹ Like a male lion they lie down and sleep.
    They are like a female lion.
    Who dares to wake them up?

“May those who bless you be blessed!
    May those who curse you be cursed!”