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"Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place where gold is refined.
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Iron is taken from the earth, And copper is smelted from ore.
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Man puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
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He breaks open a shaft away from people; In places forgotten by feet They hang far away from men; They swing to and fro.
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As for the earth, from it comes bread, But underneath it is turned up as by fire;
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Its stones are the source of sapphires, And it contains gold dust.
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That path no bird knows, Nor has the falcon's eye seen it.
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The proud lions have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
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He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the roots.
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He cuts out channels in the rocks, And his eye sees every precious thing.
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He dams up the streams from trickling; What is hidden he brings forth to light.
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"But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?