מָ֣ה אֶקֹּ֔ב לֹ֥א קַבֹּ֖ה אֵ֑ל וּמָ֣ה אֶזְעֹ֔ם לֹ֥א זָעַ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃
װי זאָל איך שילטן װעמען גאָט שילט ניט? און װי זאָל איך פֿלוכן װעמען ה׳ פֿלוכט ניט?
That the Worse is wont to Attack the Better
[71] It was so with Balaam also. He was a sophist, an empty conglomeration of incompatible and discordant notions. It was his desire to do harm to the goodly one by laying curses upon him. But he could not, for God turned his curses into a blessing (Numb. 23:8), in order that He might at once convict the unrighteous one of his villainy, and at the same time make good his own love of virtue.