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Peak #17
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Peak #4
Author
Chris Baker
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June 27, 2025
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MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 3:17
Story behind the song
Numbers 22:21-38
21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
24 But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
26 And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay.
31 Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
32 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
35 And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
Lyrics
God does miracles
God does wonders
He once used a donkey
In the Book of Numbers
Balaam refused the Lord
And gave him some sass
But the Lord found a way
And he used an ass
Now I'm like a donkey
Cause I've acted stubbornly
If God can use a donkey
He can probably use me
You gotta be real stubborn
You gotta be a fool
When God has to talk to you
Through a brown, stinky mule
The Lord shows the way up
I take the way down
He's given me wings
But I walk on the ground
Now I'm not his favorite
Cause I've acted willfully
If God can use a donkey
He can probably use me
I try to read the Bible
I try to seek the truth
I know salvation's offered
For even the uncouth
I may avoid hellfire
In some purgatorial dungeon
For I've heard God loves all
Even the curmudgeons
Now I'm no prophet
Cause I speak haphazardly
If God can use a donkey
He can probably use me
God does miracles
God does wonders
He makes no mistakes
He makes no blunders
He has no limits
He has no constraints
He'll turn the worst sinner
Into the greatest saint
Now I'm no saint
Cause I've acted wantonly
If God can use a donkey
He can probably use me
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