What kind of poem is Psalm 119, since it's broken in 22 stanzas and a different letter of the alphabet begins each stanza?
Answer An acrostic
The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters and the first stanza of Psalm 119 began with an A ("aleph"), then a B ("beth") and so on. Each verse has 8 stanzas. 22 x 8 = 176 verses. Acrostics make things easier to memorize.
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