Psalms 71:3

³הֱיֵה לִי לְצוּר מָעוֹן לָבוֹא, תָּמִיד, צִוִּיתָ לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי; כִּי־סַלְעִי וּמְצוּדָתִי אָתָּה׃c

Psalm 71 is a prayer of an aging believer who has trusted God from youth and now faces new threats in old age. The psalmist cries for deliverance from enemies who see his frailty as an opportunity, yet the dominant note is not fear but defiant trust. The poem moves between urgent pe