Another thing is that the sea is greater than the desert. There, ships will sail. Rabbi Yitzchak bar Moriyan said, "If it weren't written 'He who gives a way in the sea' (Isaiah 43:16), one who is in the sea would immediately die."
"You will conceal your face, they will be frightened" (Psalms 104:29). Rabbi and Rabbi Nathan both commented on this verse. Rabbi said, "If not for the Holy One, blessed be He, who gives and protects this person, the harmful ones would have killed him, as it says 'He creates the speech of lips, peace, peace' (Isaiah 57:19)."