'Lays' in the Bible
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.
He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;He makes the clouds His chariot;He walks upon the wings of the wind;
He who hates disguises it with his lips,But he lays up deceit in his heart.
When a man lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying,“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,And these ruins will be under your charge,”
Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.
“For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city;He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
“It has been made a desolation,Desolate, it mourns before Me;The whole land has been made desolate,Because no man lays it to heart.
The burden of the word of the Lord concerning Israel.Thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him,