John Gill Commentary Psalms 119:141

"I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts." — Psalms 119:141 (ASV)

I [am] small and despised
Or, "I have been" ^F24 . Some versions render it "young" ^F25 ; as if it had respect to the time of his anointing by Samuel, when he was overlooked and despised in his father's family, (1 Samuel 16:11) (17:28) ; but the word here used is not expressive of age, but of state, condition, and circumstances; and the meaning is, that he was little in his own esteem, and in the esteem of men, and was despised;

and that on account of religion, in which he was a type of Christ, (Psalms 22:6) (Isaiah 53:3) ; and which is the common lot of good men, who are treated by the world as the faith of it, and the offscouring of all things;

[yet] do not I forget your precepts ;
to observe and keep them: the ill treatment of men on account of religion did not cause him to forsake it, or to leave the ways, word, and worship of God; see (Psalms 119:83Psalms 119:109) (44:17) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: (ykna) "ego fui, et adhuc sum", Michaelis.
• F25: (ryeu) (newterov) , Sept. "adolescentulus", V. L.