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Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Doth God H410 pervert H5791 judgment? H4941 Or doth the Almighty H7706 pervert H5791 justice? H6664

Μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) κύριος G2962 (N-NSM) ἀδικήσει G91 (V-FAI-3S) κρίνων G2919 (V-PAP-NSM) ἢ G2228 (PRT) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) τὰ G3588 (T-APN) πάντα G3956 (A-APN) ποιήσας G4160 (V-AAP-NSM) ταράξει G5015 (V-FAI-3S) τὸ G3588 (T-ASN) δίκαιον; G1342 (A-ASN)

know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

Know H3045 now H645 that God H433 hath overthrown H5791 me, And hath compassed H5362 me with his net. H4686

Γνῶτε G1097 (V-2AAM-2P) οὖν G3767 (CONJ) ὅτι G3754 (CONJ) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) κύριός G2962 (N-NSM) ἐστιν G2076 (V-PAI-3S) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) ταράξας, G5015 (V-AAP-NSM) ὀχύρωμα G3794 (N-ASN) δὲ G1161 (CONJ) αὐτοῦ G846 (P-GSM) ἐπ’ G1909 (PREP) ἐμὲ G1691 (P-1AS) ὕψωσεν. G5312 (V-AAI-3S)

Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

Yea, surely H551 God H410 will not do wickedly, H7561 Neither will the Almighty H7706 pervert H5791 judgment. H4941

Οἴῃ G3633 (V-PAS-3S) δὲ G1161 (CONJ) τὸν G3588 (T-ASM) κύριον G2962 (N-ASM) ἄτοπα G824 (A-APN) ποιήσειν; G4160 (V-FAN) Ἢ G2228 (PRT) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) παντοκράτωρ G3841 (N-NSM) ταράξει G5015 (V-FAI-3S) κρίσιν; G2920 (N-ASF)

Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

Let the proud H2086 be ashamed; H954 for they dealt perversely H5791 with me without a cause: H8267 But I will meditate H7878 in thy precepts. H6490

^‡Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν G153 (V-APM-3P) ὑπερήφανοι, G5244 (A-NPM) ὅτι G3754 (CONJ) ἀδίκως G95 (ADV) ἠνόμησαν εἰς G1519 (PREP) ἐμέ· G1691 (P-1AS) ἐγὼ G1473 (P-1NS) δὲ G1161 (CONJ) ἀδολεσχήσω ἐν G1722 (PREP) ταῖς G3588 (T-DPF) ἐντολαῖς G1785 (N-DPF) σου. G4675 (P-2GS)

Psalm 119:78 Originally verse 118:78.

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

The Lord H3068 preserveth H8104 the strangers; H1616 He relieveth H5749 the fatherless H3490 and widow: H490 But the way H1870 of the wicked H7563 he turneth upside down. H5791

^‡κύριος G2962 (N-NSM) φυλάσσει G5442 (V-PAI-3S) τοὺς G3588 (T-APM) προσηλύτους, G4339 (N-APM) ὀρφανὸν G3737 (A-ASM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) χήραν G5503 (N-ASF) ἀναλήμψεται G353 (V-FMI-3S) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ὁδὸν G3598 (N-ASF) ἁμαρτωλῶν G268 (A-GPM) ἀφανιεῖ. G853 (V-FAI-3S)

Psalm 146:9 Originally verse 145:9.

That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

That which is crooked H5791 cannot H3201 be made straight: H8626 and that which is wanting^§ H2642 cannot H3201 be numbered. H4487

Ecclesiastes 1:15 Heb. defect

Διεστραμμένον G1294 (V-RMP-ASM) οὐ G3756 (PRT-N) δυνήσεται G1410 (V-FDI-3S) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSN) ἐπικοσμηθῆναι, καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ὑστέρημα G5303 (N-NSN) οὐ G3756 (PRT-N) δυνήσεται G1410 (V-FDI-3S) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSN) ἀριθμηθῆναι. G705 (V-APN)

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

Consider H7200 the work H4639 of God: H430 for who can H3201 make that straight, H8626 which he hath made crooked? H5791

Ἰδὲ G1492 (V-2AAM-2S) τὰ G3588 (T-APN) ποιήματα G4161 (N-APN) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSM) θεοῦ· G2316 (N-GSM) ὅτι G3754 (CONJ) τίς G5101 (I-NSM) δυνήσεται G1410 (V-FDI-3S) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSN) κοσμῆσαι G2885 (V-AAN) ὃν G3739 (R-ASM) ἂν G302 (PRT) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) θεὸς G2316 (N-NSM) διαστρέψῃ G1294 (V-FMI-2S) αὐτόν; G846 (P-ASM)

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 who look out of the windows are darkened,

in the day H3117 when the keepers H8104 of the house H1004 shall tremble, H2111 and the strong H2428 men H582 shall bow H5791 themselves, and the grinders H2912 cease H988 because they are few, H4591 and those that look out H7200 of the windows H699 be darkened, H2821

ἐν G1722 (PREP) ἡμέρᾳ, G2250 (N-DSF) ᾗ G3739 (R-DSF) ἐὰν G1437 (COND) σαλευθῶσιν G4531 (V-APS-3P) φύλακες G5441 (N-NPM) τῆς G3588 (T-GSF) οἰκίας G3614 (N-GSF) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) διαστραφῶσιν G1294 (V-APS-3P) ἄνδρες G435 (N-NPM) τῆς G3588 (T-GSF) δυνάμεως, G1411 (N-GSF) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἤργησαν G691 (V-AAI-3P) αἱ G3588 (T-NPF) ἀλήθουσαι, G229 (V-PAP-NPF) ὅτι G3754 (CONJ) ὠλιγώθησαν, καὶ G2532 (CONJ) σκοτάσουσιν αἱ G3588 (T-NPF) βλέπουσαι G991 (V-PAP-NPF) ἐν G1722 (PREP) ταῖς G3588 (T-DPF) ὀπαῖς· G3692 (N-DPF)

to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.

To subvert H5791 a man H120 in his cause, H7379 The Lord H136 approveth H7200 not.^§

Lamentations 3:36 Or, seeth not

καταδικάσαι G2613 (V-AAN) ἄνθρωπον G444 (N-ASM) ἐν G1722 (PREP) τῷ G3588 (T-DSN) κρίνεσθαι G2919 (V-PMN) αὐτὸν G846 (P-ASM) κύριος G2962 (N-NSM) οὐκ G3756 (PRT-N) εἶπεν. G2036 (V-2AAI-3S)

saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah° small, and the shekel° large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Amos 8:5a 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about ²⁄₃ of a bushel
Amos 8:5b A normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.

saying, H559 When will the new moon^§ H2320 be gone, H5674 that we may sell H7666 corn? H7668 and the sabbath, H7676 that we may set forth^§ H6605 wheat, H1250 making the ephah H374 small, H6994 and the shekel H8255 great, H1431 and falsifying H5791 the balances H3976 by deceit?^§ H4820

Amos 8:5a Or, month
Amos 8:5b Heb. open
Amos 8:5c Heb. perverting the balances of deceit

οἱ G3588 (T-NPM) λέγοντες G3004 (V-PAP-NPM) Πότε G4219 (PRT-I) διελεύσεται G1330 (V-FDI-3S) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) μὴν G3376 (N-NSM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἐμπολήσομεν καὶ G2532 (CONJ) τὰ G3588 (T-NPN) σάββατα G4521 (N-NPN) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἀνοίξομεν G455 (V-FAI-1P) θησαυροὺς G2344 (N-APM) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSN) ποιῆσαι G4160 (V-AAN) μικρὸν G3397 (A-ASN) μέτρον G3358 (N-ASN) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSN) μεγαλῦναι G3170 (V-AAN) στάθμια καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ποιῆσαι G4160 (V-AAN) ζυγὸν G2218 (N-ASM) ἄδικον G94 (A-ASM)