which my being still seeks but have not found: I have found one man among a thousand, but a woman among all these I have not found.
If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to show man His straightness,
Save, יהוה, for the kind one is no more! For the trustworthy have ceased from among the sons of men.
“See, this I have found,” says Qoheleth, “Counting one by one, to find a conclusion,
My being longs for You in the night, also, my spirit within me seeks You earnestly. For when Your right-rulings are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn righteousness.