When I’m 64
I'd invite you to turn with me to the Psalms, to the seventy-first Psalm, which is the penultimate psalm in the Second Book of the Psalms. This is a Psalm for old age. Now, don't take offense! I'm not setting an exact date on when old age is. It's looking older and older to me, as I grow older myself. This is a psalm of old age. This psalmist is looking back on a life in which he can testify to the fact that the Lord has been there for him since his birth. He cannot remember a day when he didn't’ know the Lord; he cannot remember a day when he didn't need the Lord; he cannot remember a day when he didn't rely on the Lord; and he cannot remember a day when the Lord failed him. But he's still got troubles, and so he's looking back on the whole of a life…