(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:
To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:
See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
`With' my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, `with' my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments `are' on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.