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Verses in Psalm 119
The longest chapter in the Bible — an acrostic poem celebrating God's word.
The story
Psalm 119 is built as an alphabetic acrostic: 22 stanzas, one for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, each stanza eight verses long (22 × 8 = 176). The shortest chapter, Psalm 117, sits just two psalms away with only 2 verses.
Sources
- Text of Psalm 119
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