And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee. Why didst thou not come immediately to me? Was it because I am not able to reward thy coming?
Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to honour thee: but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee.
How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?
And he said to him: To thee will I give all this power, and the glory of them; for to me they are delivered, and to whom I will, I give them.
All the foolish of heart were troubled. They have slept their sleep; and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands.
And when Balac heard it, he came forth to meet him in a town of the Moabites, that is situate in the uttermost borders of Arnon.
He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?