Proverbs 17:5

Glad at calamities. The contrast suggests that the sort of calamity here referred to was that which brings men to poverty. Those who thrive upon the troubles of the poor gain a high rate of return upon their investment, but they earn, too, a crushing measure of remorse in the day when they see themselves as God sees them. Then, indeed, they would gladly throw themselves at the feet of the glorified saints they harmed and beg for a small portion of their eternal joys (see Job 31:29; Prov. 14:31; 24:17, 18; Matt. 25:40-46; Luke 12:3).