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19 God is no mere human!
He doesn't tell lies
    or change his mind.
God always keeps his promises.

20 “My command from God
    was to bless these people,
and there's nothing I can do
    to change what he has done.
21 Israel's king is the Lord God.
He lives there with them
    and intends them no harm.

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19 God is not human,(A) that he should lie,(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(D) and not fulfill?
20 I have received a command to bless;(E)
    he has blessed,(F) and I cannot change it.(G)

21 “No misfortune is seen in Jacob,(H)
    no misery observed[a] in Israel.(I)
The Lord their God is with them;(J)
    the shout of the King(K) is among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:21 Or He has not looked on Jacob’s offenses / or on the wrongs found