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General Information:
This psalm is a song about wicked people. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)
For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam
This is a superscription that tells about the psalm. Some scholars say that this is part of the scripture and some say that it is not. (See "What are Superscriptions in Psalms" in Introduction to Psalms.)
For the chief musician
"This is for the director of music to use in worship"
set to Al Tashheth
This probably tells what musical style or tune to use when singing the psalm. See how you translated this in Psalms 57:1.
A psalm of David
Possible meanings are 1) David wrote the psalm or 2) the psalm is about David or 3) the psalm is in the style of David's psalms.
Do you rulers speak righteousness?
The author uses this question to rebuke the rulers because they do not speak righteously. Alternate translation: "You rulers do not say what is right!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)
Do you judge uprightly, you people?
The author uses this question to rebuke the judges who do not judge uprightly. Alternate translation: "You people never judge people uprightly!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)