4 They sink a mine shaft into the earthfar from where anyone lives.They descend on ropes, swinging back and forth.
5 Food is grown on the earth above,but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.
6 Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli,and the dust contains gold.
7 These are treasures no bird of prey can see,no falcon’s eye observe.
8 No wild animal has walked upon these treasures;no lion has ever set his paw there.
9 People know how to tear apart flinty rocksand overturn the roots of mountains.
10 They cut tunnels in the rocksand uncover precious stones.