3999. 'When you come [to look] over my wages that are before you' means what was His own. This is clear from the meaning of 'wages' when used in reference to the Lord, as what was His own, that is to say, what was acquired by His own power, dealt with above in 3975, 3977, 3982, 3996.

3975. 'For whom I have served you' means from His own power. This is clear from the meaning of 'serving' as toil and endeavour, dealt with in 3824, 3846. When these terms are used in reference to the Lord, His own power is meant, for it was from His own power that the Lord obtained Divine Goods and Divine Truths for Himself and made His Human Divine, see 1616, 1749, 1755, 1921, 2025, 2026, 2083, 2500, 2523, 2632, 2816, 3382.