nisi Dominus frustra Phrase
Meaning:
if not the Lord, [it is] in vain
Comment
That is, "everything is in vain without God". Summarized from Psalm 127 (126 Vulgate), "nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem frustra vigilavit qui custodit" (unless the Lord builds the house, they work on a useless thing who build it; unless the Lord guards the community, he keeps watch in vain who guards it). Motto of Edinburgh, St Thomas School, Kolkata, Welland Gouldsmith School, Kolkata, Union Secondary School Awkunanaw, Enugu, CMS Grammar School , Bariga Lagos and St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Calday Grange Grammar School, Wirral, England and Richmond College, Galle, Sri Lanka
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