That simple cry, Lord help me, is one of the most powerful prayers you can pray, and God hears it.
Scripture invites you to pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord and to lift up your hands to Him. There are times when life becomes truly desperate, and many people are desperate in their circumstances without yet being desperate before God. Your cry shows you are turning to the right place. Keep pouring out your heart honestly before Him, even in the night, even when you feel brought very low.
Learn this lesson that runs through the whole Bible, vain is the help of man. We often turn to the arm of flesh first, to our own plans, our own resources, or to other people to rescue us, and it proves empty. Your help does not come from the hills or from any human strength. Your help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. He is your refuge and your portion, your defense when no one else seems to care for your soul.
There are only two positions to be in. Either you are waiting and trusting in God, or God is waiting for you until you come to the end of yourself and call on Him. When you have tried every self help answer and found that you cannot deliver yourself, that is not failure, that is the right place to be. The apostle Paul came to that same end when he cried, who shall deliver me, and then found the answer, thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Victory does not come from another formula for a better you, it comes from outside help, from Jesus alone.
So do not be discouraged that you have no other answer right now. Your strength in this moment is to sit still before the Lord and trust Him. Through God you shall do valiantly, for He will tread down what oppresses you. He does not need you to figure it all out or to help Him out. He is able when He stretches out His hand to do the work completely.
God is your strength, so pray like David prayed, hear my cry, O God, attend unto my prayer. Even when you feel you are at the ends of the earth, cry to Him. He hears the cry of those brought very low and delivers from those who are too strong for us. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning, and His mercy endures forever. Even when we get into trouble by our own folly, when we cry to Him He brings us out.
I am praying for you that you will know the nearness of the Lord as your helper, that you will wait on Him and find your trust renewed, and that you will experience His deliverance through Jesus Christ. He has promised to be your shepherd, to restore your soul, and to be not far from you when you call. Keep calling on Him.