The story is about an all day read, a read from the book of the law of Moses now available and back home. When Ezra opened the book the people stood, lifted their hands and bowed their heads to the ground.
Tears express joy and thanksgiving.
The joy of the Lord is your strength. It is word, sacrament and share. It points to the Isaiah read and its reader in the Gospel. Join the heavens in your praise. Let the writer's cosmology come alive in its poetry.