²⁸ (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.

²³ If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:

¹ And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, `and' of the Hittites,

² of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, `Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;' to them hath Solomon cleaved for love.

³ And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.

¹ 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:

²³ All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, `I am wise,' and it `is' far from me.

²⁴ Far off `is' that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

⁹ `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.