post tenebras lux, or post tenebras spero lucem

after darkness, [I hope for] light

Notes

Motto of the Protestant Reformation inscribed on the Reformation Wall in Geneva from Vulgata, Job 17:12. Former motto of Chile; motto of Robert College of Istanbul.

Words

lux – light
posse – avail, have influence, to be able
posco – ask ernestly, request, to beg, to call upon
spero – hope, to hope, to hope for
posui – place, post, put, set, station, to lay