Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
Because to every purpose (Hebrew, cheepets (H2656 ): desire) there is time and judgment - because the foolish sinner does not think of the right "times" and the "judgment." But the repetition of the same words as in Ecclesiastes 8:5 shows the connection of this verse with it. The wise discern the coming time of God's judgment and take courage; 'because to every desire' of the saint for the establishment of the kingdom of God and the downfall of the present state of sin and sorrow, there is the coming time of the just retribution; 'inasmuch as'-`because (not "therefore," as the English version; the same Hebrew, Ki, as before) man's misery is great upon him;' and without the hope of such a time of retribution to come, the godly would have nothing to sustain them in present sufferings. The second "because" introduces the reason why there should be such a need for God's righteous judgment in His own good time, namely: man's great misery, in which the saint is a chief sufferer.