Session 16 - Song Backstory #2 - Ashrei Ha-Ish

Yisroel Arye

Exploring the stories behind the songs. "The Cripple" by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov Ashrei Ha-Ish - Lyrics by King David; Music by Yisroel Arye Yisroel Arye - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Organ Menachem Grossman - Guitar, Vocals Nissin Levitin - Drums, Vocals Ephraim Goodman - Vocals Menachem Fontek - Vocals Yossi Gootblatt - Vocals Shmuli Gootblatt - Vocals Avrohom Shvili - Vocals Jason Ewald - Vocals Recorded 2017 at Sound Heights Records Mixed at the Bunker Studios by Aaron Nevezie תהלים א׳ אַֽשְֽׁרֵ֥י הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֚ר לֹ֥א הָלַךְ֘ בַּֽעֲצַ֪ת רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ חַ֖טָּאִים לֹ֥א עָמָ֑ד וּבְמוֹשַׁ֥ב לֵ֜צִ֗ים לֹ֣א יָשָֽׁב כִּ֚י אִ֥ם־בְּתוֹרַ֥ת יְהֹוָ֗ה חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹ וּבְתֽוֹרָת֥וֹ יֶהְ֜גֶּ֗ה יוֹמָ֥ם וָלָֽיְלָה וְהָיָ֗ה כְּעֵץ֘ שָׁת֪וּל עַל־פַּלְגֵ֫י מָ֥יִם אֲשֶׁ֚ר פִּרְי֨וֹ | יִתֵּ֬ן בְּעִתּ֗וֹ וְ֖עָלֵהוּ לֹ֣א יִבּ֑וֹל וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־יַֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה יַצְלִֽיחַ לֹא־כֵ֥ן הָֽרְשָׁעִ֑ים כִּ֥י אִם־כַּ֜מֹּ֗ץ אֲשֶׁר־תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ רֽוּחַ עַל־כֵּ֚ן | לֹֽא־יָקֻ֣מוּ רְ֖שָׁעִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֜חַטָּאִ֗ים בַּֽעֲדַ֥ת צַדִּיקִֽים כִּֽי־יוֹדֵ֣עַ יְ֖הֹוָה דֶּ֣רֶךְ צַדִּיקִ֑ים וְדֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד Psalm 1 The praises of a man are that he did not follow the counsel of the wicked neither did he stand in the way of sinners nor sit in the company of scorners But his desire is in the law of the Lord and in His law he meditates day and night He shall be as a tree planted beside rivulets of water which brings forth its fruit in its season and its leaves do not wilt and whatever he does prospers Not so the wicked but [they are] like chaff that the wind drives away Therefore the wicked shall not stand up in judgment nor shall the sinners in the congregation of the righteous For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish