Short thought on Parshas BeShalach, heard from Rav Elya Svei, Zatzal.
Rashi describes the impassioned prayers that Klal Yisroel davened at the Yam Suf, as “they held on to the craftsmanship of their (fore)fathers”
The Yidden were surrounded on all sides; the Mitzrim hot on their trail, the depths of the sea before them. We can only imagine the desparate recognition that they had of being solely in Hashem’s hand.
That was the recognition that the Avos always had when they davened.