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When young men saw me,
    they would move to the side.
Even the old men would stand up to respect me.
The city's rulers would stop speaking.
    They would cover their mouths with their hands.
10 The important leaders would be quiet.
    They would not want to say anything.

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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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