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.