New Revised Standard Version
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,

Contemporary English Version
When I sat down at the meeting of the city council,

New American Bible
Whenever I went out to the gate of the city and took my seat in the square,

Douay-Rheims Bible
When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?

When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?

Deuteronomy 16:18 Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment,

Deuteronomy 21:19 They shall take him and bring him to the ancients of the city, and to the gate of judgment,

Ruth 4:1,2,11 Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down. . . .

Zechariah 8:16 These then are the things, which you shall do: Speak ye truth every one to his neighbour; judge ye truth and judgment of peace in your gates.