Guardian of Israel, Guardian of the Lone Sheep Among Seventy Wolves - Poem
I think most people are familiar with the song "Kisva Achas (One Sheep" by Mordechai Ben David which is based on a teaching of the Yalkut Shimoni, on Tehilim Perek 35: , "David said, "One sheep surrounded by seventy wolves, what can she do? So too is Israel surrounded by seventy strong nations, what can they do?" This is of course a comparison, comparing a simple, defenseless, little sheep surrounded by seventy vicious, merciless, hungry wolves to the Nation of Israel, on its own, surrounded by seventy strong nations who wish to annihilate and destroy us. Be rid of us. Wipe us off the map and erase our name from history. But the don't. They can't. Why? Because as the Yalkut Shimoni continues and writes: "If The Holy One, Blessed Be He would not stand by their side constantly, what can they do?" The reason why the nations, these wolves, cannot attack or perhaps, destroy Israel, the little lone sheep is because of Hashem. He is watching over us ...