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he looks down
The place where Yahweh lives is spoken of as if it is above the earth where people live. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
shapes the hearts of them all
Here "hearts" refers to the thinking of these people. The writer speaks of Yahweh guiding the thinking of the people as if he were a potter who was shaping a bowl. AT: "guides their thinking as a potter shapes a bowl" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)