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Psalm: 27
Iconography: The naked psalmist, grasping a flower bud, runs through exuberant flowers and leaves. My flesh has flourished again .He points to Christ in majesty above, whose hands bless and hold a book. The flowering bud represents the saved. Numbers 17:5, Whoever of these I shall chose, his rod shall blossom
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