H5791–עָוַת–a.vat

Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

יְעַוֵּ֣ת ye.'a.Vet “does he pervert”יְעַוֵּֽת־ ye.'a.vet- “does he pervert”

Know now that God hath subverted me [ergänzt: in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.

עִוְּתָ֑נִי (עִוְּתָ֑) 'i.ve.Ta. “he has wronged”

Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

יְעַוֵּ֥ת ye.'a.Vet “he perverts”

Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [ergänzt: But] I will meditate on thy precepts.

עִוְּת֑וּנִי (עִוְּת֑וּ) 'i.ve.Tu. “they have subverted”

Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

יְעַוֵּֽת׃ ye.'a.Vet “he makes crooked”

That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

מְעֻוָּ֖ת me.'u.Vat “[something] bent”

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

עִוְּתֽוֹ׃ (עִוְּתֽ) i.ve.T “he has bent”

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,

וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ (הִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ) hit.'a.ve.Tu “they will bend themselves”

To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

לְעַוֵּ֤ת (עַוֵּ֤ת) 'a.Vet “subvert”

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

וּלְעַוֵּ֖ת (עַוֵּ֖ת) 'a.Vet “falsify”