1)

Why did David compose this Mizmor?

1.

Radak: It was said with Ru'ach ha'Kodesh for the future - a generation in which Resha'im will overpower the poor.

2.

Malbim: It was against slanderers in David's time who spoke arrogantly against Hashem and falsely expounded His Torah, and spoke to their colleagues.

2)

What is "ha'Sheminis"?

1.

Rashi (from Erchin 13b): It is an eight-stringed harp.

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