They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.
And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.
As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
and God saith unto Balaam, `Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it `is' blessed.'
Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I `can'not reverse it.
For no enchantment `is' against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!
`And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,
looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;