I sought out with my heart, to cherish with wine, my flesh, - but, my heart, was to guide with wisdom, even in laying hold of folly, until I should see which was blessedness for the sons of men, as to that which they could do, under the heavens, during the number of the days of their life.

what my soul still sought, yet I found not, - one man out of a thousand, have I found, but, a woman among all these, have I not found.

Only, see, this, have I found, That God made man upright, but, they, have sought out many devices.

The Proclaimer sought to find out words giving delight, and to note down rightly, the words of truth.