Psalm 119:141
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Cross-reference
Psalm 119:109 also ends with 'I do not forget your law,' mirroring the psalmist's commitment despite life-threatening danger.
Psalm 119:176 repeats the refrain 'I do not forget your commandments,' linking the humble psalmist's perseverance with the plea of a lost sheep.
Psalm 119:16 declares 'I will not forget your word,' same resolution as the psalmist's despite being despised—consistent devotion.
Psalm 119:153 appeals to God: 'I do not forget your law,' linking affliction to the same steadfastness as the despised psalmist.
Psalm 22:6 uses the same word 'despised' and describes being scorned as a worm — mirroring the psalmist's lowly state.
Psalm 40:17 also describes the speaker as 'poor and needy' — a similar humble self-assessment before God.
Isaiah 53:3 says the suffering servant was 'despised' — same word, showing a righteous sufferer rejected by men.
In 1 Samuel 18:23, David calls himself 'poor and lightly esteemed,' matching the psalmist's 'small and despised'—a type of the humble servant.
Proverbs 3:1 commands not forgetting God's teaching, which the psalmist fulfills even when despised—showing obedience in adversity.