I sought in mine heart to give my self unto wine] Chap. 1. 17.
to give my self unto wine] Heb. to draw my flesh with wine.
yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom] Albeit I gave my self outwardly to pleasures, yet I thought to keep wisdom, and the fear of God in mine heart, and govern mine affairs by the same.
all the dayes of their life] Heb. the number of the dayes of their life.