"maintain" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
maintain
...Shall peace spring forth from righteousness;
The poor man’s cause will He maintain,
And save the weak, that none oppress....
Shall peace spring forth from righteousness;
The poor man’s cause will He maintain,
And save the weak, that none oppress.
...The King almighty lives
Just judgment to maintain;
He rules His people righteously...
The King almighty lives
Just judgment to maintain;
He rules His people righteously
...O Lord our God, arise!
The cause of truth maintain,
And wide o’er all the peopled world...
O Lord our God, arise!
The cause of truth maintain,
And wide o’er all the peopled world
...Kept by the power of grace divine,
I have the faith maintained!
Th’Apostles of my Lord,...
Kept by the power of grace divine,
I have the faith maintained!
Th’Apostles of my Lord,
...To spread Thy terror thro’ the land,
And truth and righteousness maintain,
And ancient piety restore...
To spread Thy terror thro’ the land,
And truth and righteousness maintain,
And ancient piety restore
...Unless the Lord the city shield,
The guards a useless watch maintain.
In vain you rise ere morning break,...
Unless the Lord the city shield,
The guards a useless watch maintain.
In vain you rise ere morning break,
...He makes the nations’ counsels vain,
The plans the peoples would maintain
Are thwarted by His hand;...
He makes the nations’ counsels vain,
The plans the peoples would maintain
Are thwarted by His hand;
...And all Thy statutes just;
Thence I maintain a constant fight
With every flattering lust....
And all Thy statutes just;
Thence I maintain a constant fight
With every flattering lust.
...The fullness of my cup of bliss;
The Lord my lot maintains.
The lines are fallen unto me...
The fullness of my cup of bliss;
The Lord my lot maintains.
The lines are fallen unto me
...In token that thou shalt not flinch
Christ’s quarrel to maintain,
But ’neath His banner manfully...
In token that thou shalt not flinch
Christ’s quarrel to maintain,
But ’neath His banner manfully
...With joy we in His footsteps tread,
And would His cause maintain,
Like Him be numbered with the dead,...
With joy we in His footsteps tread,
And would His cause maintain,
Like Him be numbered with the dead,
...O Israel, gird thee for the fight!
Arise, the combat to maintain,
And put thine enemies to flight....
O Israel, gird thee for the fight!
Arise, the combat to maintain,
And put thine enemies to flight.
...And o’er her holds His guardian hand;
Her worship and her laws maintains,
Which, like Himself, unmoved shall stand....
And o’er her holds His guardian hand;
Her worship and her laws maintains,
Which, like Himself, unmoved shall stand.
...Now Israel may say, and that in truth,
If that the Lord had not our right maintained,
If that the Lord had not with us remained,...
Now Israel may say, and that in truth,
If that the Lord had not our right maintained,
If that the Lord had not with us remained,
...And let Thy kingdom come.
Maintain, maintain, Thy sovereign sway,
And bid all sin depart;...
And let Thy kingdom come.
Maintain, maintain, Thy sovereign sway,
And bid all sin depart;
...Do justice for the helpless,
The orphan’s cause maintain.
Defend the poor and needy,...
Do justice for the helpless,
The orphan’s cause maintain.
Defend the poor and needy,
...Shall bear the fruit of peace.
The poor man’s cause He will maintain,
The needy He will bless,...
Shall bear the fruit of peace.
The poor man’s cause He will maintain,
The needy He will bless,
...My portion rich and full is He,
My right He will maintain.
The lot to me that fell...
My portion rich and full is He,
My right He will maintain.
The lot to me that fell
...God is my portion here below:
’Tis He who shall my lot maintain;
His bounty makes my cup o’erflow,...
God is my portion here below:
’Tis He who shall my lot maintain;
His bounty makes my cup o’erflow,
...Had not the Lord, may Israel say,
Had not the Lord maintained our side,
When men, to make our lives a prey,...
Had not the Lord, may Israel say,
Had not the Lord maintained our side,
When men, to make our lives a prey,
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