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.
10 He splits channels in the rocks;his eyes behold all that is precious.