Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man his uprightness:
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Behold, this have I found, said the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.