Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 8:5

5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing : and a wise mans heart discerneth both time and judgment .

Either 1. of the King, of which he hath hitherto spoken. Or 2. of God, for the Word, or Commandments, or Law are oft used emphatically for the Word, Law, or Command of God, as hath been formerly and frequently observed, and the Commandment is put for the Commandments, as is very usual. And so Solomon passeth from his former to a new subject.

Shall be delivered from those mischiess which befal the disobedient.

Both when, and how far, and in what manner he may or must keep the commands of the King or God. For the word here rendred judgment doth oft signifie right, as Deut. 21. 17. as also a cause or controversie, as Numb. 27. 5. and the manner or rule of actions, as Iudg. 13. 12. The sense is, A wise Ma[illegible: 1+ letters] knows both what he ought to do, and what are the fittest seasons for doing it, which he seeketh and embraceth.

Marginal references: Heb. shall know.