# If my head were lifted up, you would stalk me like a lion "When my head is lifted up, you stalk me like a lion" # If my head were lifted up "If I become proud" # you would stalk me like a lion God hunts Job like a lion hunts its prey or Job is like a lion being hunted by God. # 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.