21  He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob,

nor has he seen trouble in Israel.

The Lord their God is ^zwith them,

and the shout of a king is among them.

24  Behold, a people! ^cAs a lioness it rises up

and as a lion it lifts itself;

it does not lie down until it has ^ddevoured the prey

and drunk the blood of the slain.”

7  Water shall flow from his buckets,

and his seed shall be in many waters;

his king shall be higher than ^oAgag,

and his kingdom shall be ^pexalted.

9  He crouched, he lay down ^tlike a lion

and like a lioness; who will rouse him up?

^uBlessed are those who bless you,

and cursed are those who curse you.”

17  ^bI see him, but not now;

I behold him, but not near:

a ^cstar shall come out of Jacob,

and a ^dscepter shall rise out of Israel;

it shall crush the ^eforehead¹ of Moab

and break down all the sons of Sheth.

18  ^fEdom shall be dispossessed;

^gSeir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed.

Israel is ^hdoing valiantly.

19  And one from Jacob shall exercise dominion

and destroy the survivors of cities!”