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If my head were lifted up, you would stalk me like a lion
Possible meanings are 1) this is a hypothetical situation that has not happened or 2) this is a description of a situation that happens repeatedly. AT: "When my head is lifted up, you stalk me like a lion" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo)
If my head were lifted up
This idiom means to become self-confident or proud. AT: "If I become proud" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rpronouns)
you would stalk me like a lion
Possible meanings of this simile are 1) God hunts Job like a lion hunts its prey or 2) Job is like a lion being hunted by God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
again you would show yourself with marvellous acts of power against me
This phrase expresses irony in how God displays his marvelous power by acting to harm Job. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rpronouns)