Psalm 25. This absence by itself would be of no consequence, but coupled with the fact that this psalm is an acrostic, an example of ‘learned psalmography’, the point is important.23 Secondly, two terms that do not mean ‘seek shelter’ appear in similar form and constructions in the psalm. Verse 2 reads: bekā bāṭaḥtî ʾal ʾēbôšâ, a statement nearly identical to v. 20. Also, the term, qāwâ occurs two times in the psalm in close relationship to ḥāsâ. Verse 3 pleads, gam kol qōwệkā lōʾ