²¹ “People listened to me expectantly,
    waiting in silence for my counsel.^(A)

¹¹ I waited while you spoke,
    I listened to your reasoning;
while you were searching for words,
¹²     I gave you my full attention.
But not one of you has proved Job wrong;
    none of you has answered his arguments.^(A)

⁹ the chief men refrained from speaking^(A)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;^(B)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,^(C)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.^(D)