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Psalms 33:15
He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the worshiping assembly, declaring divine sovereignty immediately after describing God gazing from heaven upon the earth and just before dismissing human military power. This placement frames human authority as subordinate to God’s direct oversight.
The words — הַיּוֹצֵר (ha-yoTzer) literally means the one who forms, and הַמֵּבִין (ha-meVin) means the one who attends or considers. These terms state that God actively shapes human hearts and examines every action.
The thread — This theme of divine oversight appears in Jeremiah 32:19, where God watches all human ways, and in Psalms 44:21, which notes His knowledge of the heart’s secrets. Hosea 7:2 further reinforces that God remembers every human deed.
Why it lands — The text states that God forms hearts and scrutinizes all works, establishing that no action escapes His notice. This demands a reader to abandon reliance on human strength and acknowledge direct divine accountability.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 32:19 the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
- Psalms 44:21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
- Hosea 7:2 But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
- Job 10:8 Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
- Job 11:11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
- Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- Proverbs 24:12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
- Proverbs 27:19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29 Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”