<P> Media vita in morte sumus is the title and first line of a Latin antiphon, which translates as In the midst of life we are in death . It was erroneously attributed to Notker the Stammerer late in the Middle Ages, but was more probably written around 750 in France . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <P> Media vita in morte sumus quem quaerimus adjutorem nisi te, Domine, qui pro peccatis nostris juste irasceris? Sancte Deus, sancte fortis, sancte et misericors Salvator: amarae morti ne tradas nos . </P> </Td> <Td> <P> In the midst of life we are in death of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death . </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> <P> Media vita in morte sumus quem quaerimus adjutorem nisi te, Domine, qui pro peccatis nostris juste irasceris? Sancte Deus, sancte fortis, sancte et misericors Salvator: amarae morti ne tradas nos . </P> </Td> <Td> <P> In the midst of life we are in death of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death . </P> </Td> </Tr>

In the midst of death we are in life