A warrior, a king, a musician, and a poet, David was called a man after God's own heart. His battle with the Philistine giant Goliath has become a symbol for the small, brave, and pure of heart who find the courage to fight impossible battles against unbeatable foes and win. In an age when kings did what wished and took what they wanted, David lived a life of passion and made terrible mistakes but his heart never grew so hard that it could no longer break before God. When he stole the wife of the brave Uriah and had the young warrior murdered, Nathan the prophet confronted him with the crime by tellling him the story of a rich man who had stolen his neighbor's pet lamb, killed it, and cooked it for guests. Furious, David declared that the rich man should die for his cruelty. "Thou art the man!" Nathan declared, and David's heart broke. David was not a perfect man. He was not a flawless mythical ideal that no living human being could ever live up to, but God loved him just the same. His joy, sorrow, rage, repentance, and devotion to God all live on in the Psalms he composed. Even translated, their power to inspire remains.