Ecclesiastes 3:17

“I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked, etc.] This he considered in his mind, and set it down for a certain truth, and which relieved him under the consideration of the sad perversion of justice; and made him easy under it, and willing to leave things to him that judgeth righteously, and wait his time when everything that was now wrong would be set right: he knew from reason, from tradition, and from the word of God, that there was a judgment to come, a general, righteous, and eternal one; that this judicial process would be carried on by God himself, who is holy, righteous, just, and true, omniscient, and omnipotent; and, being the Judge of all the earth, would…”

“Solution of it. There is a coming judgment in which God will vindicate His righteous ways. The sinner's "time" of his unrighteous "work" is short. God also has His "time" and "work" of judgment; and, meanwhile, is overruling, for good at last, what seems now dark. Man cannot now "find out" the plan of God's ways (Ecc 3:11; Psa 97:2). If judgment instantly followed every sin, there would be no scope for free will, faith, and perseverance of saints in spite of difficulties. The previous darkness will make the light at last the more glorious. there-- (Job 3:17-19) in eternity, in the presence of the Divine Judge, opposed to the "there," in the human place of judgment (Ecc 3:16): so "from…”

“That great anomaly in the moral government of this world, the seemingly unequal distribution of rewards and punishments, will be rectified by God, who has future times and events under His control Ecclesiastes 3:16-17. As for people, they are placed by God, who is their teacher, in a humble condition, even on a level with inferior animals, by death, that great instance of their subjection to vanity Ecclesiastes 3:18-19, which reduces to its original form all that was made of the dust of the ground Ecclesiastes 3:20. And though the destinies of man and beast are different, yet in our present lack of knowledge as to God’s future dealing with our spirits Ecclesiastes 3:21, man finds his portion…”

“I said - I was sorely grieved at this, but I quieted myself with this consideration. Shall judge - Absolving the just, and condemning the wicked. A time - God will have his time to rectify all these disorders. There - At the judgment - seat of God. For - For examining not only all men's actions, but all their thoughts and purposes. Ecclesiastes 3:18”

“3:17 In due season God will judge: Human injustices (3:16) are temporary and will be righted by God’s justice. The narrator repeats this point to close the entire book (12:14).”

“said: Ecc 1:16, Ecc 2:1 God: Ecc 12:14; Gen 18:25; Psa 98:9; Mat 16:27, 25:31-46; Joh 5:22, Joh 5:26-29; Act 17:31; Rom 2:5-9; Co1 4:5; Co2 5:10; Th2 1:6-10; Rev 20:11-15 for: Ecc 3:1; Jer 29:10, Jer 29:11; Dan 11:40, Dan 12:4, Dan 12:9, Dan 12:11-13; Act 1:7; Th1 5:1; Pe2 3:7, Pe2 3:8; Rev 11:2, Rev 11:3, Rev 11:18, Rev 17:12-17, Rev 20:2, Rev 20:7-9 Ecclesiastes 3:18”

“"I said in mine heart: God shall judge the righteous as well as the wicked: for there is there a time for every purpose and for every work." Since "the righteous" stands first, the word ישׁפּט has here the double sense of judging \[richtens = setting upright\] = acting uprightly, justly by one, as in the shofteni of Psa 7:9; Psa 26:1, etc., and of judging = inflicting punishment. To the righteous, as well as to the wicked, (Note: The lxx (in Aquila's manner): σὺν τὸν δίκαιον καὶ σὺν τὸν ἀσεβῆ - according to the Talm. hermeneut. rule, that where the obj. is designated by את, with that which is expressly named, something else is associated, and is to be thought of along with it.) God…”