rest. He restores the soul, revives it, and brings back its vitality and confidence. He relieves it when sin and all its ugly consequences weigh it down. The idea of literally leading a wandering sheep back to the fold could be included here. Think of the story of King David when the prophet Nathan confronted him with his sins in the Bathsheba affair. In the end Nathan announced to David, “The LORD has taken away your sin” (1 Sa 12:13). In Psalm 32 David described the spiritual anguish he suffered