Numbers 24:1 (BSB)

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

From Numbers 24. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 24:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Numbers 24:1: 1. And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord. It is evident that Balaam, in order to gratify the wicked king for the sake of the reward, endeavored by various shifts and expedients to obtain an answer in accordance with his wishes. Thus do the wicked seek to propitiate God by delusive means, just as we soothe children by coaxing.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 24:1-9: The blessing itself which Balaam here pronounces upon Israel is much the same with the two we had in the foregoing chapter; but the introduction to it is different. I. The method of proceeding here varies much in several instances. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 24:1: And when Balsam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel,.... That it was good in his sight, what he approved of, and was well-pleasing to him, and that it was his determined mind that Israel should be blessed, and not cursed, from which there was no turning him, by offering sacrifices to him, and much less by his sorceries and divinations: he went...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 24:1: And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. (a) Where the Israelites camped.