L’amico-nemico: il Sal 55 nel suo contesto canonico

A recurring theme in the Psalter is that of the enemy, usually in the singular: “my enemy”, such that the psalmic triangle generally consists of God - the psalmist - the enemy. But a truly serious case is that when a friend becomes an enemy, because he is very difficult to defend (cf. Ps 41; 101). Here one takes into consideration Ps 55, which bears the most poignant psalmic attestation of this grave situation, and whose contextual reading (Ps 51-55) sheds light from the canonical point of view.