Lectio Divina on 163:

The hope of Zion – Zion is, embodies and expresses an abundant, abiding, perilous hope. Hope can be foolish and irrational, nonsensical and inappropriate. It is silly, and goes against all the seriousness of God and church. Hope is, in many ways, playful, smiley, and stands outside the rules of engagement in theological enterprise (mostly). And yet, it is a terribly important part of a full humanity and a full theology – people are not motivated or inspired or carried on by intellectual convictions, but by hope, the sense that the world can and will be different, better – and the realization that even if the confidence is in vain right now, that is the very spontaneity and fun of hope.