Batter

Not the noun, the verb. I have seen a graphic example of battery the last few days. Two dear ones were battered and broken in a car wreck, one physically, and the other emotionally. In a ripple effect, many others were shocked and frightened initially, before the good news of likely complete recovery; and then saddened and burdened by shared pain.

Psalm 119:67,71

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.