Deleted iPod Selection--all songs on iPod disappeared--help!

I had too many songs in my library to fit on my iPod, so my iPod created a selection of songs. Then I added and deleted many songs to the library.
However, when I plugged in my iPod so it would be updated from the revised iTunes library, nothing would happen. So I deleted the iPod selection, thinking iTunes would automatically create a new one based on the revised library. Wrong. I got the message "Songs on your iPod cannot be updated because all of the playlists no longer exist." Uh oh.
Deleting the iPod selection wiped out my iPod, but all the songs are still in my library. How do I get all the music in my iTunes library back onto my iPod? Can't find any info about this problem in the articles. Thanks for any advice you can provide...I'm freaking out.

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