And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.

Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.