'Maintain' in the Bible
And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.
And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them.
And the king said to Barzillai, Pass thou over with me, and I will maintain thee with me in Jerusalem.
then hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right;
And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh to Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the right of his servant, and the right of his people Israel, as the matter of each day shall require;
Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.
(from the wars and out of the spoils had they dedicated them, to maintain the house of Jehovah),
then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
then hear thou from the heavens, from the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their right, and forgive thy people their sin against thee.
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.