George Leo Haydock, on Ps 130:2

“If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.”

“So reward, &c. The meaning is, that according to his disposition with regard to humility, so he expected a reward in his soul to return to him, and stick as close to him as the child just weaned, which would willingly never be separated from the mother. (Challoner) — If I was not humble, may my soul be treated like an infant, &c. Hebrew, “If I did not render (or humble and silence) my soul, like an infant weaned from his mother, let my soul be to me as a weaned child.” I willingly submit to all thy rigours, if I did not adore thy ways in silence and in humiliation. (Calmet) — The text may be differently rendered. (Berthier) — As children come willingly to their mother, so the child of God approaches to Him, though he may not always find the same sweetness; and he expects that he will be rewarded accordingly. (Worthington) — Gemul means, “a weaned infant, or a reward.” (Du Hamel)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.