Psalms 71: Trusting God Into Old Age

An older believer who has relied on God since birth asks for rescue from enemies who claim God has abandoned him. He pleads not to be cast off in old age so he can tell the next generation of God's power, and he ends in joyful praise of God's righteousness and redemption.

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What stage of life does the psalmist particularly have in mind when he asks God not to forsake him (71:9, 18)?

His time of military service under the kingHis years in exile far from JerusalemHis early youth, before he learned the lawHis old age, when his strength is failing