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lays his hand on the flinty rock
This represents breaking up the rock. AT: "digs into the flinty rock" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
flinty rock
"hard rock"
he overturns mountains by their roots
Digging up the mountains and the ground underneath them is a metaphor from digging out weeds or trees, an exaggeration that represents digging minerals out of the ground. AT: "he turns the mountains upside down by pulling out their roots" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
his eye sees
Here "his eye" represents him. AT: "he sees" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
He ties up the streams so they do not run
Here "ties up the streams" means damming or blocking the streams. AT: "He blocks the streams so they do not flow" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
what is hidden there
This refers to things that people normally do not see because they are in the ground or underwater.