which yet my soul seeketh, 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 shew unto man his uprightness:
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: