Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
God don't blame us. We're going to throw this guy over. We don't want to perish for him, but God, don't blame us for throwing him over, because You're the one that has brought all of this because of him. So God, have mercy on us when we throw him overboard.