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I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.The acrostic's meaning 'from aleph to taw' = total completeness (Motyer); Christ names himself 'the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end' (Rev 1:8; 21:6; 22:13), same first-to-last-letter idiom in Greek. Devotional resonance, NOT proof (fails availability/volume: Greek, no verbal borrowing). Supports the exhibit's 'last letter of the alphabet' note.
Motyer NIDB 'Acrostic'; codes brief SS7.1
Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.ELS DRAWER contrast anchor (Tier A). Psalm 119's 22x8 alphabetic acrostic is a pattern you can SEE - verifiable by any reader with an alphabet, no statistics, plainly authorial. The 'see vs persuade' teaching line hangs on placing this beside the ELS entries.
The text itself; Tyndale House, 'The ABCs of Hebrew Acrostic Poems'
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.ELS DRAWER contrast anchor (Tier A) + text-criticism showcase. Masoretic Psalm 145 skips the nun verse; 11QPsa (DSS), LXX, and Syriac supply it - a REAL letter-pattern with a live manuscript story, the honest counterpoint to invisible-until-an-algorithm ELS claims.
11QPsa; Seforim Blog, 'The Missing Nun Verse in Ashrei'