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Text:Better Is One Day
Author:Matt Redman
Tune:BETTER IS ONE DAY
Composer:Matt Redman

77. Better Is One Day

Text Information
First Line: How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty
Title: Better Is One Day
Author: Matt Redman
Refrain First Line: Better is one day in Your courts
Meter: Irregular meter
Language: English
Publication Date: 2008
Topic: God, His Presence; Praise, Adoration, Worship, Exaltation of God
Copyright: © Copyright 1995 Thankyou Music (PRS)(admin. worldwide by EMI CMG Publishing excluding Europe which is admin. by kinswaysongs.com). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Tune Information
Name: BETTER IS ONE DAY
Composer: Matt Redman
Meter: Irregular meter
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: © Copyright 1995 Thankyou Music (PRS)(admin. worldwide by EMI CMG Publishing excluding Europe which is admin. by kinswaysongs.com). All rights reserved. Used by permission.



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