“How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?”
'How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I invoke evil against one whom the LORD has not cursed?' — Balaam's response is rhetorical and absolute. A curse is powerless against one whom God has blessed; God's blessing supersedes human cursing. The structure is parallelistic: the first line concerns God's cursing, the second concerns God's blessing. The logic is theological: divine will outranks human will. Balaam cannot curse what God has blessed; his power is derivative and limited.
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