전도서 8:11 해설: Tze'enah Ure'enah, Rashi & Kohelet Rabbah

“Because their sentence” [8:11]. Therefore, because the Holy One did not immediately repay the evildoers for their terrible deeds, they think that He will pardon them. Thus, they feel able to do evil in their hearts.¹¹⁷Rashi, Ecclesiastes, 8:11.

Because the execution of sentence. Punishment for the evil deeds [is not done] quickly. For the Holy One, Blessed Is He, does not rush to mete out retribution upon the evildoers, and therefore, they think that there is no judgment, and they are encouraged to do evil.

“Because a sentence for an evil deed is not executed swiftly, therefore the heart of the sons of man dares to do evil” (Ecclesiastes 8:11).
“Because a sentence…is not executed” – because a person sins and the attribute of justice does not afflict him, “therefore [the heart of the sons of man] dares” – what do they say? The arrogant ones enter, the arrogant ones exit, and they pay no price.