Reading the Psalms for me was something that had room for interpretation and through Augustine's words it seems that there isn't much room for your own interpretation. It did give me a view on how other people see the world and how they may think.
Augustine is addressing Christians and the way they should live their lives, some of the Psalms that addressed a particular lifestyle that didn't really make at the time seems to make more sense now because of the strict lifestyle.
There was one area in particular: the different occupations that people have and how some of them are pointless, that made me question what it is that Christians tend to follow and how they see that in their lives. Not to pursue pointless areas of study. Sure, that made sense hundreds of years ago when areas of study weren't as advanced as they are today. But, in the sense of the Psalms if someone is questioning their life and their lifestyle if they get the sense that what they do in life is pointless and no one else will follow them, then the psalms are pointless.
I don't know much about scriptures but I feel that Augustine's opinion really does reflect what the scriptures say. It's kind of reinforcement that says, "What you believe in really is true."
I will have a hard time adjusting to Augustine's point of view especially if I don't agree with a lot of it.
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