Text: Psalm 106:29-31
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 15:6
Subject: Credited It to Him as Righteousness
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Anchor Text: Gen 15:6 — Abraham Believed God
Significance: Both passages use the distinctive phrase "credited to him as righteousness" (וַתֵּחָשֶׁב לוֹ לִצְדָקָה, vattechashev lo litsedaqah), applying it in strikingly different contexts. In Genesis 15:6, the verb חָשַׁב (chashav, "reckoned/credited") describes God's response to Abram's belief in the promise of offspring. In Psalm 106:31, the identical formula is applied to Phinehas's violent intervention against apostasy at Baal Peor, where he "stood and intervened" to stop a plague. The psalm's reuse of this Genesis formula creates an analogy between two very different acts: passive trust in a promise and active zeal for holiness. This verbal parallel invites reflection on what constitutes a righteous response to God: both believing trust and zealous covenantal loyalty can be "credited" as righteousness, though the basis of each differs dramatically.