The correct answer to this open question is the following.
What is meant by "when almost all was out, God made a stay," is that after all his creations were done, God made a pause, God rested.
We are talking about the second stanza of the poem "The Pulley," by George Herbert. The second stanza says: "So strength first made a way; then wisom, honor, pleasure. When almost all was out, God made a stay. Perceiving that, alone of all his treasure, Rest in the bottom lay. The poem honors the works of God during the Creation.