Meanwhile, the sailors had begun trying to escape from the ship. They lowered the lifeboat into the sea and pretended that they were going to lay out the anchors from the bow.

But they struck a sandbar and ran the ship aground. The bow stuck and couldn't be moved, while the stern was broken to pieces by the force of the waves.

For it is written, "As certainly as I live, declares the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will praise God."

His secret, inner heart will become known, and so he will bow down to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is truly among you!"

This is the reason I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,