John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 8:6

Verſ. 6. Becauſe to every purpoſe there is time] Therefore the wiſe man ſeeketh after that nick of time, that punctilio of judgement, that hee may do every thing well, and order his affairs with diſcretion. A well-choſen ſeaſon is the greateſt advantage of any action, which, as it is ſeldome found in haſte, ſo it is too often loſt in delay.

Therefore the miſery of man is great upon him] Becauſe hee diſcerns not, apprehends not his fitteſt opportunity: hence hee creates himſelf a great deal of miſery. When Saul had taken upon him to ſacrifice, God intimates to him by Samuel, that if hee had diſcerned his time, hee might have ſaved his Kingdome. So might many a man his life, his livelihood, nay his ſoul. The men of Iſſachar in Davids daies are famous for this, that they had underſtanding of the times, to know what Iſrael ought to do, 1 Chron. 12.32. their poſterity are ſet below Stork and Swallow, for want of this skill, Jer. 8.7. and deeply doomed, Luke 19.44.