This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: This wisdom have I seen - I have seen wisdom exhibited in the way described in what follows.
It (seemed) great unto me - inasmuch as it sufficed to deliver a little city with few men in it from the "great king" who "built great bulwarks against it." The parable here represents the Israel of God, poor indeed in worldly goods, but rich in heavenly wisdom and might (Revelation 2:9). Though despised now, the true Church has in it Christ (once Himself poor) as her wisdom, and therefore the earnest of her final triumph and glory.