'Kept' in the Bible

My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-