which my soul still sought, but I find not: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found.
If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare for man his uprightness,
To the Chief Musician, on eight. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.
Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, counting one by one, to find out the sum,
With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.