'Preserve' in the Bible
Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
{Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O God: for I trust in thee.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
He shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked man, preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.