From his own experience in life, the psalmist David came to appreciate that in the long run it is always best to conform to God’s righteous commands. He stated: “A young man I used to be, I have also grown old, and yet I have not seen anyone righteous left entirely, nor his offspring looking for bread.

Ps. 37:25, 37, 38.

Persons who have grown old in Jehovah’s service in modern times have had the same experience. God sustained them in times of suffering, and many of them witnessed the death of oppressive rulers who were bent on destroying them.