PSALM XLI (42), f. 24v.
In the lower right a stag issuing from the woods is pursued by two dogs and rushes toward a spring (verse 2, (1)), which gushes from the side of the mountain at the top of the picture, flows down into a lake in the center, and then flows out to the right again. Two groups of 'enemies' flank the lake. The foremost soldier of the group at the left is pushing the psalmist into the lake (verse 8, (7)) while his bones are broken (verse 11, (10)). The psalmist points with one hand to a table in front of him on which bread and wine are placed ('my tears have been my meat day and night,' verse 4, (3)), and with the other to personifications of the sun and moon. In the upper register of the picture is a tent, the 'tabernacle' in which a group of people is joyfully praising the Lord (verse 5, (4)). To the left of the tabernacle the Hand of God issues from heaven and points to a female figure in the sky holding a palm. This is a personification of 'lovingkindness' which He has commanded 'in the daytime' (verse 9, (8)). Finally, in the lower left, there is a continuation of verse 5, (4) where, in addition to the 'voice of joy and praise,' the Latin text mentions the 'sonus epulantis,' or the noise of the banqueter, which is represented here in the banquet, the music, and the dance.
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