“Balak brought me from Aram,^(C)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.^(D)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’^(E)
8 How can I curse
    those whom God has not cursed?^(F)
How can I denounce
    those whom the Lord has not denounced?^(G)
9 From the rocky peaks I see them,
    from the heights I view them.^(H)
I see a people who live apart
    and do not consider themselves one of the nations.^(I)