That's what the title of this psalm is in my Bible. It would not be in the original. I wonder if this title is totally correct. It depends on one, maybe two verses in the psalm. In verse the psalmist says, "even when I am old" (18). He may be planning long term.
I am going to claim verse verse 24, "They are ashamed who seek my hurt." I do not want their death. But I do want their plans confounded and for them to turn back on them. I want their evil exposed for all to see.
There are people who will take advantage of old people. Lord be my strength and my guide as we go old. We older people do not like admitting that we are slower, weaker, and having less stamina. Yet we are. To not admit it may make us more susceptible to those who would take advantage of us.
This psalm is mainly about glorifying God. He deserves it. I do well and find myself closer to wisdom and truth when I continually praise my God. I have been praying more in tongues lately after a sermon encouraging it. Obviously I do not know what I am saying but I suspect I am glorifying God.
"You God are my hope, you are my confidence from my youth." (5)
The psalmist seems to be in definite trouble (1-2). But he continues to praise God even when feeling worried. He has seem past deliverance. (7) He praises God for those deliverances.
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