David Casts Off Sackcloth and Dances for Joy

Prompt

Psalm 30 (a Song at the dedication of the house of David): "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning... You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness." At sunrise on the hilltop threshing floor chosen for the LORD's house, the grey-bearded King David casts off a rough dark sackcloth that falls from his shoulders, revealing festive royal robes beneath, and lifts his arms to dance for joy, his lined face shining with tears of happiness. He is large and central. Behind him a newly built stone altar sends up a column of smoke into a sky bursting with golden dawn light over the hills of Jerusalem. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.