to swerve
sut describes swerving or turning aside, most clearly as conduct the speaker rejects.
The attested usage points to swerving or turning aside, clearest in Psalm 101:3 where it names conduct the speaker hates; Psalm 40:5 contains a participial form, though the translation does not isolate its contribution.
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Swerving or turning-aside conduct · dominant
In Psalm 101:3, the masculine plural absolute form names “the doing of swerves,” which the speaker says he has hated and says shall not cling to him. In Psalm 40:5, a Qal active participle masculine plural construct occurs in a verse about God's many wonders, but the APB does not isolate the term's contribution.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the noun in Psalm 101:3 as “the doing of swerves.” In Psalm 40:5, its translation of the verse does not make the participle identifiable as a separate English expression.