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    the young saw me and drew back;
        the old rose and stood;
    princes restrained speech,
        put their hand on their mouth;
10     the voices of officials were hushed,
        their tongue stuck to their palate.

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the young men saw me and stepped aside(A)
    and the old men rose to their feet;(B)
the chief men refrained from speaking(C)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;(D)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(E)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(F)

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