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    young men stepped aside as soon as they saw me,
    and old men stood up to show me respect.
The leaders of the people would stop talking;
10     even the most important men kept silent.

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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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