Sodom and Gamora - Why Is God Here?

Shafat is a restorative justice that is etymologically linked to the understanding of mishpot. It's driven by an understanding of putting things back in their proper place. The word shafat has nothing to do with, i can't say,nothing to do with retributive justice. When there is a wickedness, a rashah, that leads to the zeka, god will come to shafat and he will render judgment that restores order to the chaos.