PSALM LXX (71), f. 40r.
The bearded psalmist, pointing to his mouth (verses 8, 23 and 24), stands before a tabernacle (verse 3) with drawn curtains revealing a chandelier and asks aid from the beardless, cross-nimbed Christ-Logos (verses 1 and 2) who holds a book with both hands, suggested by the words of verse 17: 'O God, thou hast taught me from my youth.' He is attended by two angels carrying cross-staffs. The psalmist holds a lute with his left hand. Beside him is a harp and what appears to be a pipe organ (verses 22 and 23). Below him to the left are three demons brandishing tridents and serpents which represent the 'troubles' which the psalmist has seen and from which he has been delivered 'from the depths of the earth' (verse 20). To the right is an armed group of the 'enemy' who are shouting threats at the psalmist (verse 11).
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