Jesus Wept

 JESUS WEPT

Jesus Wept

When he found the Temple

        Defiled by money and greed.

                So he overturned the tables,

        Took a whip in hand,

And drove the greedy from the Temple.

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Jesus Wept

When the hungry and poor

        Flocked to hear him as he preached,

                And he saw they had no food.

        So he took the loaves and fishes

And multiplied them enough for all.

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Jesus Wept

When Lazarus died

        And they laid him in his tomb.

                So he stood at the grave

        And said, "Lazarus, come forth!"

And Lazarus walked among the living again.

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Jesus Wept

When they gathered for their final meal

        And he realized

                That one would doubt him,

        Another would deny he knew him,

And another would betray him to Caesar.

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Jesus Wept

When he knelt alone in the garden

        In the dark night of his soul,

                And knew it was for naught.

        The Temple would again be defiled,

The poor would hunger, Lazarus die again.

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Jesus Wept

When they came for him in the night,

        They took him away,

                They found him guilty,

And they scourged him with a whip.

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Jesus Wept

When the people abandoned him,

        Turned against him for Barabbas,

                Mocked him in the street,

And laughed at the cross he carried.

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Jesus Wept

When they nailed him to that cross,

        Gambled for his robe,

                Stabbed him in his side,

And he knew he was forsaken.

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Jesus Wept

When he looked out over the land

        And saw the light of distant days.

                He wept with sorrow and pity,

For he knew it would never end.

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Jesus Wept

When he died on the cross,

        And Paradise was forever lost.