2. Iron is taken from the earth,and copper smelted out of stone.
3. He sets a boundary for the darkness;the farthest confines he explores.
4. He breaks open a shaft far from habitation,unknown to human feet;suspended, far from people, they sway.
5. The earth, though out of it comes forth bread,is in fiery upheaval underneath.
6. Its stones are the source of lapis lazuli,and there is gold in its dust.
7. The path no bird of prey knows,nor has the hawk’s eye seen it.
8. The proud beasts have not trodden it,nor has the lion gone that way.
9. He sets his hand to the flinty rock,and overturns the mountains at their root.