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Those who regard lying vanities
The speaker rejects vain idols and rejoices in covenant mercy because God has seen affliction and known the soul’s distress. Being set in a “large room” means being brought from constriction into freedom and safety.
The manuscript’s gospel application can remain as a broad deliverance theme, but these verses are not explicitly interpreted in the New Testament.
Psalm 31:6 and Jonah 2:8 share the distinctive KJV phrase “lying vanities,” contrasting futile objects of trust with covenant reliance on YHWH. The lexical link strengthens the impression that Jonah’s prayer is deliberately shaped by the language and theology of Israel’s Psalms.
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