Numbers 23:7-9

New Century Version

“Balak brought me here from Aram;
    the king of Moab brought me from the eastern mountains.
Balak said, ‘Come, put a curse on the people of Jacob for me.
    Come, call down evil on the people of Israel.’
⁸ But God has not cursed them,
    so I cannot curse them.
The Lord has not called down evil on them,
    so I cannot call down evil on them.
⁹ I see them from the top of the mountains;
    I see them from the hills.
I see a people who live alone,
    who think they are different from other nations.