Sheep and goats are small and submissive. They are defenseless as their masters
make use of their milk and fleece, or even slaughter them for their meat and hides.
They sing the song of the “Hashem’s flock”, the Jewish people, who are helpless
amongst the seventy wolf-like nations, relying on their incomparably mighty
Shepherd. The word "םִ לֵּ א ,"literally meaning “the mighty”, also means “the mute”,
since the greatest sign of might is silence in the face of enemies. When Hashem
allowed the nations to conquer us and even sacrilegiously destroy His holy abode,
the Bais Hamikdash, this silence was an expression of His confidence that nobody
can truly harm Him or entirely destroy the eternal nation under His custody.1 He
watches carefully, and when He sees the time has come for Him to gather His
scattered flock at the day’s end, none will stop Him.
Mightier than any wolf is a sheep – when guarded by its Shepherd. We should
humbly realize that we are as vulnerable as sheep and that there is little we can do
to control our lives, except to keep near the Shepherd. We should feel tranquil in
Hashem’s hand and focus our energies on accomplishing our life goals. Our
calmness exudes a song of unrivaled power.