Psalm 42 | "As the hart panteth after the water brooks"

We pray you are blessed and encouraged by this reading from Psalms 42, a Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O Elohim.
2 My soul thirsteth for Elohim, for the living El: when shall I come and appear before Elohim?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy Elohim?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of Elohim, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in Elohim: for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.
6 O my Elohim, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet Yahweh will command His lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night His song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the El of my life.
9 I will say unto El my rock, Why hast Thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy Elohim?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in Elohim: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my Elohim.