Cannot download purchased music from itune onto my ipod

I Downloaded music from my ipod touch 5th gen itunes app and some of the songs i bought could not download. A message appears saying "unable to download song could not be downloaded at this time" i can select either done or retry. I have signed out of iTunes and signed back in
I have turned off my iPod and urned it back on and still nothing
I have tried clearing space on my iPod even though I have 40 Gb still available
iTunes on my computer have all the songs I have recently purchased and when I try to sync them to my iPod still nothing, im not sure what to do now ?

You said:
"when I try to sync them to my iPod still nothing"
What exactly happens when you try to sync?
Does iTunes see the iPod?
Was the iPod previous synced to another iTunes library/computer?
Have you successfully synced from this iTunes library/computer before?
If so have you done anything like update iTunes on the computer since it last successfully synced?
Do the songs play in iTunes?
Does any media now sync to the iPod?
Do you have the right boxes checked to sync?
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
Try syncing using the manual method
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
For first problem try powering off and then back on your router.
Next try when connected to another network.

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