God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”

In a dream, a vision in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they slumber on their beds,

While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of Him!”

Thou shalt not curse

Please stay here overnight as the others did, so that I may find out what else the Lord has to tell me.”

Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone. Maybe the Lord

will meet with me. I will tell you whatever He reveals to me.” So he went to a barren hill.

My people,
remember what Balak king of Moab proposed,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from the Acacia Grove

to Gilgal

so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.

For they

I have indeed received a command to bless;
since He has blessed, I cannot change it.

I will make you into a great nation,
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.

and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but He turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.

How happy you are, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is the shield that protects you,
the sword you boast in.
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will tread on their backs.

Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Likewise, David also speaks of the blessing of the man God credits righteousness to apart from works:

since God’s gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.

General references

but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand.