When Jesus Wept

Billings, arr. Benjamin Cramer When Jesus Wept, SSAATTBB choir ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

When Jesus Wept William Billings

arr. Benjamin M. Cramer for SSAATTBB choir

www.benjaminmcramer.com

When Jesus wept, the falling tear In mercy flowed beyond all bound; When Jesus groaned, a trembling fear Seized all the guilty world around. ~Perez Morton The New-England Psalm-Singer, 1770

When Jesus Wept SSAATTBB choir Perez Morton (1751-1837)

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Sorrowful q = c. 76

Soprano

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

yond

 



47

3

3

    

  

           3

When Jesus Wept

52

 



fear

seized

 



tear

in

 



Oo.

Benjamin M. Cramer



all



mer

   





-

ty













the guil

-

cy







3

3

flowed







 





 

Oo.

Oo.

 









When

Je

  3 

WhenJe-suswept.

52

  

 

     3





the

guil





-

sus

  3



-



groaned,



a

 

       3

   

bound. When





When

 

Je -sus





ty



world













a

trem

wept.

-

 



 

  

  

  

3

3

 

    3

11

       3











 

Je - sus

Je



When Je



 

-

sus

-



sus

Oh.

    

 

a

When Je - sus



- round.

 

bling fear

  3

 



WhenJe-suswept. When Jesuswept. When Jesus wept.

   

round. When

all



 

   



be - yond





world

  

When

 







  

  

seized

  





all

Je - sus

     

When Jesus Wept

Benjamin M. Cramer



         



 



          

58

wept,

wept,









-



ing

a trem - bling

the fall

-

ing

tear







tear





in mer







 

3



-

ty

    

3

-



all

world

 



    

    





sus







flowed be - yond

wept,

the fall





bound. When

 

a round.



cy

-



flowed be - yond

the guil





When





all bound.

-

When





ing tear

in

    

 





 

 























 







 

        

       





the fall

guil

-

wept.

ty





When Je -sus

world



ing

tear

in

 

 

  

 

         

 

 

     



     

 



wept.

-

                 

When Je



  

the

58

     all



3

mer - cy



 

 

           wept,

in





When Je-sus





 

When Je-sus





fear seized



wept.

 

 

groaned,





the fall



mer - cy

  12



When

wept.

Je - sus

 

flowed be - yond 3

       3

wept,

 

a - round.

3







all





the



When



When





bound. When



When Jesus Wept

65



 Je

  -

sus

 



 

 

Je - sus

Je

  

mer

-

 



groaned,

a

trem - bling

    

    







wept,

sus

-

Benjamin M. Cramer



cy

the fall

 

3

 

3



groaned, a



flowed

 

    



Je - sus





 Je

 

Je

-

-

 

groaned,

a

 

 



sus

              

65





 



groaned,

a

                   3





-



in

fear seized





 

trem - bling

             

    

  

    



  



    

  

    



 

  







all



  







flowed be - yond



in

13

world



flowed be - yond 3

sus

all

-

3

groaneda

a-



trem - bling



  



3

mer - cy

all

world



bound.



ty

a-

flowed be - yond



all

  

    



    

  

    

  

          

  

        

     3

ty

    

fear seized

 

-

3

the guil

-

3



fear seized





all

When Je



the guil

mer - cy



ing tear

trem - bling



fear seized

3

     



all bound.

mer - cy

the fall

 

sus





in

wept,



ing tear

be - yond



ing tear

-





-



trem - bling

      fall



all

all

the guil

the guil

     

3

-

3

-

ty

ty

3

     3

world

a-

world

a-

     

When Jesus Wept

Benjamin M. Cramer

 

 

72

round.

Ah.

     bound.

Je

  



round.

 

Ah.



fear seized





 



bound.

round.

round.

     

   

groaned,











Je

the

-

sus

-

    Je

   

  

-



-

wept.

 

sus



trem - bling



3

wept.

sus

-





 



 

Je

Je

wept.

   

 

    

3

-

Je

      sus wept. 

     

-

  

  



   Je

  



   14

    

   





seized

all



the

     all



the

the



    

sus



wept,



    







    

 

  



    

  sus

     wept,



    

world





all





ty

    

fear

Ah.

guil

all

 

a

  

seized

 

   

Je

 

sus



  

   

 

72

-

 

 

Je

 

Ah,



When

  

 



a - round.

sus

-

-

wept,

sus

       

wept,

Seized all

       

 

all

all

all

all

the

the

the

the

the

 

      



   

When Jesus Wept







-

ty

world

 

 3





-

ty

world

guil

guil

 

guil

 

guil

3

 

guil

guil









a - round.





    



    



WhenJe - sus wept,

a - round.

WhenJe - sus wept,



the



the





    











    



the





-

ty







    











    



the

      

 

 

   







-

3



-

3



3

ty

ty



-

ty

  

 

 

 





78





tutti Bass

 

subito





3

tutti Tenor

B



subito

 

78

T

Benjamin M. Cramer

3

3

 

 



 

 

WhenJe - sus wept,

WhenJe - sus wept,

WhenJe - sus wept,

WhenJe - sus wept,



the



the



 fall



-

ing,

  fall



-

ing,

 fall

-





fall - ing,





fall - ing,





fall - ing,

     

 

Very slow slide. All singers should stagger and repeat the figure independently to create a descending Shepherd Tone

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When Jesus Wept

 

85

fall

   fall



-



-



fall



fall - ing,



fall - ing,

 

 

ing, fall

ing,

 



ing, fall

   

Benjamin M. Cramer



fall - ing,



-







 

-

ing, fall

-

 

fall - ing,





ing, fall - ing

fall - ing,







fall - ing,



ing,

ing,



fall

  

-



fall-ing,

fall



fall - ing,





fall - ing,



-





fall - ing,

 

fall



-



ing, - fall

 

-





ing,

-

fall



fall - ing,





fall - ing,

     

   

   

  

 

   





85

 

 







fall - ing



ing,





fall - ing



ing,

fall

 

-

fall

fall

-

-







tear.



ing



tear.





ing

 





tear.







 

ing





tear.



   





fall - ing

 

-



ing,



tear.

  





tear.







   Waco, TX 2017

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