“Wisdom will bolster the wise more than ten rulers who are in a city” (Ecclesiastes 7:19). “Wisdom will bolster the wise” – this is the Holy One blessed be He, as it is stated: “Wise of heart, mighty of strength” (Job 9:4); “more than ten rulers who are in a city” – than the ten statements with which the world was created.118People will be quicker to recognize God through Torah than by appreciating the miracle of His creation of the world (Maharzu).
Another matter, “wisdom will bolster the wise” – this is Adam the first man, as it is written: “You are the culmination of perfection, [full of wisdom]” (Ezekiel 28:12); “more than ten rulers who are in a city” – these are the ten organs that serve the soul: esophagus for food, trachea for voice, liver for wrath, gall bladder for envy, the lung drains,119It drains harmful fluids. stomach to grind, spleen to crush, kidneys advise, heart understands, tongue concludes.120The tongue expresses a person’s thoughts. The midrash is saying that wisdom is better than one’s bodily functions and emotions.