It is appropriate that the Bible likens people whom God favors to sheep, for sheep are peaceful, submissive, obedient to their caring shepherd. As a loving Shepherd, Jehovah deeply cares for his sheeplike people.
दाऊद को कितनी सांत्वना मिली जब वह यह कह सका: “यहोवा मेरा चरवाहा है, मुझे कुछ घटी न होगी । ” — भजन २३: १.