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DESCRIPTION: 15_Riches heures_Davids victory Riches heures du duc de Berry BNF Jean Colombe's miniature illustrates Psalm XXIX, which begins the third nocturn for the dead: "Exaltabo te, Domine... " "I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast made my enemies to rejoice over me." David composed this hymn of thanksgiving after his victory over the Jebusites and the capture of their citadel, which became the site of Jerusalem. For the Office of the Dead, the Church has interpreted the psalm symbolically, applying the second and third verses to the deceased: "O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and thou has healed me. Thou has brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: thou has saved me from them that go down into the pit."