This is the 10th of 11 psalms by the sons of Korah. It’s short and sounds like something written for the local chamber of commerce.
The psalmist praises “Zion” as the greatest city on earth — better than Jericho, Babylon, Philistia and Tyre, and every city in Ethiopia.
I don’t know about that. I lived in Zion for two years — Zion, IL, that is — and it wasn’t better than Jericho or Babylon, in NY or TX.
Of course, the poet is referring to Jerusalem, the “city of God.” The name actually means “city of peace,” but we know that ain’t true.