I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Psalm 71:5-18 is Hezekiah's prayer, shaped after the pattern of David's prayer. In it the one praying places confident trust in God as his hope. He acknowledges that God has upheld and sustained him throughout his life. As his own strength declines he earnestly pleads for divine help and asks not to be abandoned. His desire in being preserved is to be able to declare God's power and faithfulness to the people of his own time and to generations yet to come.
Psalm 71:5-18 is Hezekiah's prayer, shaped after the pattern of David's prayer. In it the one praying places confident trust in God as his hope. He acknowledges that God has upheld and sustained him throughout his life. As his own strength declines he earnestly pleads for divine help and asks not to be abandoned. His desire in being preserved is to be able to declare God's power and faithfulness to the people of his own time and to generations yet to come.