PSALM XLV (46), f. 26v.
The youthful psalmist stands before 'the holy place of the tabernacles' (verse 5, (4)) placed at the left within a walled enclosure, 'the city of God.' The beardless, cross-nimbed Christ-Logos 'in the midst' of the city stands upright within a mandorla flanked by two groups of the faithful (verse 6, (5)); below Him another group is seated on the ground, within the streams of the river that 'shall make glad the city of God' (verse 5, (4)). Four angels blowing trumpets to right and left in the heavens represent the 'voice', of the Lord whereat the earth 'melted' (verse 7, (6)). These trumpeting angels and twisted rivers also seem suggested by verse 4, (3): 'Sonuerunt et turbatae sunt aquae eorum' The figure is further carried out at the bottom of the picture where two personifications of sea-gods blowing horns are perched on rocks. In the midst of the waters between the sea-gods are four other hillocks on which cowering figures are seated (verse 3, (2): 'therefore will not we fear ... though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea'). A group of soldiers is stationed outside the city walls to right and left (verse 7, (6)). Within the walls three men are making a bonfire of sword, bow, and shield (verse 10, (9)). There is a personification of the sun in the upper left corner.
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