"And yetthiswas insignificantin Your eyes,O LordGOD,for You have spokenalsoof the houseof Your servantconcerning the distantfuture.And thisis the customof man,O LordGOD.
I also gaveyou your master'shouseand your master'swivesinto your care,and I gaveyou the houseof Israeland Judah;and if[that had been] too little,I would have addedto you many more things like these!
Thisis but a slightthingin the sightof the LORD;He will also givethe Moabitesinto your hand.
"Thiswas a smallthingin Your eyes,O God;but You have spokenof Your servant'shousefor a greatwhileto come,and have regardedme according to the standardof a manof highdegree,O LORDGod.
Howpreciousis Your lovingkindness,O God!And the childrenof mentakerefugein the shadowof Your wings.
Is it tooslighta thingfor you that you should feedin the goodpasture,that you must treaddownwith your feetthe restof your pastures?Or that you should drinkof the clearwaters,that you must foulthe restwith your feet?
"Is it not enoughthat you have broughtus up out of a landflowingwith milkand honeyto have us diein the wilderness,but you would alsolordit overus?
is it not enoughfor you that the Godof Israelhas separatedyou from the [rest of] the congregationof Israel,to bringyou nearto Himself, to dothe serviceof the tabernacleof the LORD,and to standbeforethe congregationto ministerto them;
sothat in the agesto comeHe might showthe surpassingrichesof His gracein kindnesstowardus in ChristJesus.
He said,"No;ratherI indeedcomenow[as] captainof the hostof the LORD."And Joshuafellon his faceto the earth,and boweddown,and saidto him, "Whathas my lordto sayto his servant?"
