[Intro] [Chorus - Gentle, reassuring] Arise and eat; Because the journey is too great for thee. [Verse 1 - Weary, vulnerable] Elijah went a day's journey into the wilderness, And came and sat down under a juniper tree: And he requested for himself that he might die; And said, It is enough; now, O LORD, Take away my life; For I am not better than my fathers. [Verse 2 - Tender] And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, Behold, then an angel touched him, And said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and, behold, There was a cake baken on the coals, And a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. [Chorus] Arise and eat; Because the journey is too great for thee. [Verse 3 - Strengthened, building] And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, And touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, And went in the strength of that meat Forty days and forty nights Unto Horeb the mount of God. [Bridge - Peaceful, warm] Thou preparest a table before me In the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over. [Final Chorus] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. [Final Chorus] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. [Outro]
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