PSALM XCIII (94), f. 55r.
The beardless, cross-nimbed Christ-Logos is seated within a globe-mandorla supported by three angels in the centers of the heavens, teaching His law from a book on a lectern to a group of the faithful who stand to the right (verse 12). Two angels are approaching the Christ-Logos from the left, while three others are hurling firebrands on a group of the ungodly who are falling headlong into pits which are dug for them (verses 13 and 23). A personification of justice (?) (verse 15), bearing a palm and a battle-axe, is commanded by the Christ-Logos to take part in the destruction of the wicked. Below the Christ-Logos and somewhat to the right a personification of mercy (verse 18) is offering a crown to the psalmist who appears here as a captain at the head of a band of soldiers (verse 21). The psalmist is gazing up at the Christ-Logos and is pointing down to the lower register where a wicked king enthroned on the hillside ('the seat of iniquity,' verse 20) is commanding a group of soldiers to murder the 'widows' and the 'fatherless' (verses 5-6). The bodies of the latter are strewn on the ground. A wall surrounds this scene ('the Lord is my refuge,' verse 22), and another group of soldiers is placed at the gates of the enclosure. They are probably the ones who are 'breaking in pieces thy people and thine heritage' (verse 5).
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