When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

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“When I went to the gate(A) of the city
    and took my seat in the public square,
the young men saw me and stepped aside(B)
    and the old men rose to their feet;(C)
the chief men refrained from speaking(D)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;(E)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(F)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(G)

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