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20 Tell it not in Gath,
proclaim it not in Ashkelon’s streets,
lest Philistine daughters rejoice,
lest daughters of the uncircumcised gloat!
21 Hills of Gilboa, let no dew or rain
    be on you, nor on bountiful fields,
for there the shield of the mighty ones
lay defiled—Saul’s shield will
no longer be anointed with oil.
22 From the blood of the slain,
from the fat of the mighty,
Jonathan’s bow never turned back,
Saul’s sword never returned empty.

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