2. A review of the psalmist's faith 71:5-13

71:5-6 The writer had trusted in the Lord from his youth since God had sustained him from the day of his birth. He had praised Him all his life.

71:7-8 The psalmist meant that onlookers regarded what was happening to him as an omen of things to come. Evidently they felt God was abandoning the righteous because He appeared to be abandoning this aged saint. Nevertheless the psalmist continued to praise God.

71:9-13 The writer appealed specifically that the Lord would not forsake him in his old age especially since his adversaries were claiming that God had abandoned him. He had no other defender and cried out to God to do what was right.