'Spread out' in the Bible
“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,I will hide My eyes from you;Yes, even though you multiply prayers,I will not listen.Your hands are covered with blood.
‘Your pomp and the music of your harpsHave been brought down to Sheol;Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath youAnd worms are your covering.’
They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;“Rise up, captains, oil the shields,”
And he will spread out his hands in the middle of itAs a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,But the Lord will lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
Your tackle hangs slack;It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,Nor spread out the sail.Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;The lame will take the plunder.
Thus says God the Lord,Who created the heavens and stretched them out,Who spread out the earth and its offspring,Who gives breath to the people on itAnd spirit to those who walk in it,
“Surely My hand founded the earth,And My right hand spread out the heavens;When I call to them, they stand together.
“I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,