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.

3977. 'For you know my service with which I have served you' means toil and endeavour from His own power. This becomes clear from what has been stated and referred to just above in 3975, and so without any further explanation. But what else these words embody is evident from what has been stated above in 3974 as well as from what follows below.