What does Job Chapter 23 say, and which statements belong to its speaker?

Job responds by acknowledging that his speech remains steeped in bitterness because the heavy hand of his affliction far outweighs his outward groaning. Yearning for a direct judicial encounter with his Creator, he cries out for someone to guide him to God's presence so he might approach His very throne. Job longs to set judgment before the Almighty and fill his mouth with complaints, desiring to hear and understand the exact words God would speak in reply. He asks that God not contend with much strength or overwhelm him with the weight of His greatness, but propose equity and let his judgment come to victory.

In Job’s speech, despite this deep longing for an audience, Job experiences the agony of God's elusive transcendence: if he goes east God does not appear; west, he does not understand Him; left, he cannot take hold; right, he does not see Him. Yet Job remains anchored in the conviction that God intimately knows his conduct, having tested him like gold passing through fire. He affirms that his feet have steadily followed God's steps, that he has never turned aside from His way, and that he has treasured the commandments of God's lips deep within his heart. Nevertheless, Job trembles before divine sovereignty, recognizing that God is solitary and absolute in His counsel, accomplishing whatever His soul desires without human interference. Saying that when God fulfills His will in him many other like things are at hand, Job is shaken with dread before His presence, lamenting that the Almighty has softened his heart and troubled his spirit, saying he has not perished because of the darkness hanging over him and mist has not covered his face.