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The Flood, the Most Extreme Act of Judgment
The flood is the most extreme act of judgment in the Bible because it's about the de-creation of undoing of Genesis 1. So everything after that, even though it seems extreme to us, is meant to be seen as like paling in comparison and God theoretically has recourse to the flood option. The fact that he doesn't is what can motivate the poet of Psalm 103. He doesn't treat us as our sins deserve.