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, a mediator, one of a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness:
[To the Chief Musician upon sheminith. A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, adding one thing to another, to find out the reason:
With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, 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.