Num 23:8-11, 18, 24:5-10, Deu 23:5, Psa 109:28, Mic 6:5 | ESV | STEP | How can I curse whom God has not cursed ? How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced ?

Numbers 23:8-11

8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
9 For from the top of the crags ^aI see him,
from the hills I behold him;
behold, ^ba people dwelling alone,
and ^cnot counting itself among the nations!
10 ^dWho can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part ^{▼▼Or dust clouds} of Israel?
Let me die ^fthe death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”
11 And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? ^gI took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.”

Numbers 23:18

18 And Balaam took up his discourse and said,

“Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:

Numbers 24:5-10

5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
your encampments, O Israel!
6 Like palm groves ^{▼▼Or valleys} that stretch afar,
like gardens beside a river,
ⁱlike aloes ^jthat the Lord has planted,
like cedar trees beside the waters.
7 Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be ^kin many waters;
his king shall be higher than ^lAgag,
and ^mhis kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brings him out of Egypt
and is for him like the ⁿhorns of the wild ox;
he shall ^oeat up the nations, his adversaries,
and shall ^pbreak their bones in pieces
and ^qpierce them through with his arrows.
9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion
and ^rlike a lioness; who will rouse him up?
^sBlessed are those who bless you,
and cursed are those who curse you.”
10 And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he ^tstruck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, ^u“I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.

Deuteronomy 23:5

5 But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned ^vthe curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.

Psalms 109:28

28 ^wLet them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but ^xyour servant will be glad!

Micah 6:5

5 O my people, remember ^ywhat Balak king of Moab devised,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from ^zShittim to Gilgal,
that you may know ^aathe righteous acts of the Lord.”