⁸ the young men saw me and withdrew,
    and the aged rose up and stood;
⁹ the nobles refrained from talking
    and laid their hands on their mouths;^(A)
10 the voices of princes were hushed,
    and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.^(B)

¹² If you understand, answer your neighbor,
    but if not, put your hand over your mouth.^(A)