God came to Balaam that night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them; but the word that I will say to you, that you must do."

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

As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."

Thou shalt not curse

Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me."

Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went to a deserted height.

My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly."

For they

Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the Lord, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.

You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

General references

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.