Ecclesiastes 1:15

"What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted."What is crooked cannot be straightened" -(Ecclesiastes 7:13). We already know that man isn't born crooked, so Solomon isn't talking about some sort of human sinful nature. But many "crooked" circumstances and situations exist in life. With all his resources, and with an extremely prosperous economy, Solomon realized that his administration couldn't fix everything.

Point To Note:

No government can create the ideal society, the great society or an earthly utopia. Even the wealthiest of men stand powerless in the face of all sorts of problems. We cannot eliminate crime, poverty, prejudice or corruption in government or the business community. "human achievements leave much to be desired. Human effort and action cannot remedy all the irregularities or counteract all the deficiencies observable in the nature of things" (Bible Knowledge Comm. p. 981).

"what is lacking cannot be counted" -"nor can wants be numbered" (Sept); "nor can you count up the defects in life" (Mof). Far from solving the problems of life, man is met with more problems than he can number. So much for the idea that man can solve all his problems, right all wrongs, wipe out poverty and disease and bring about. golden age upon this earth. Man can't save himself.