PSALM LXXVIII (79), f. 46v.
The beardless, cross-nimbed Christ-Logos with spear and shield (verse 11), and attended by two angels with wands, is standing in a mandorla and commands a group of five angels at the left to overwhelm the heathen who have 'defiled thy holy temple' and 'laid Jerusalem on heaps' (verses 1 and 6). The angels are hurling spears, arrows, tridents, and firebrands at the enemy below. In the central foreground is Jerusalem surrounded by a turreted wall. An idol is placed upon the walls to indicate its defilement. Within the city the psalmist and a group of the faithful are supplicating the Christ-Logos for help (verse 9). The psalmist is standing beside an altar in front of the tabernacle. Round about the walls outside the city lie the bodies of 'thy servants' who have been killed and whose corpses are being devoured by 'the beasts of the earth' and by 'the fowls of the heaven' (verses 2 and 3). Some birds are flying away with hands or feet of the victims. In the upper right corner an armed group of the enemy is gazing in consternation at the Christ-Logos in heaven (verse 12). Further to the right are two sheep, 'we thy people and sheep of thy pasture' (verse 13).
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