Empty iTunes playlists

Most, but not all, of my playlists are empty as I try to access them from my work computer, which is synced via iTunes Match. Playlists that contain tracks have an iCloud icon next to them with a download icon in the center of the cloud.  The empty playlists (which are about 75% of my collection) have the cloud icon without the download icon in the middle. 
Any suggestions on how to get the songs back in my playlists?

Thank you for the response. I think I tried that and found that when I checked the "Selected Playlists" box that it would only sync songs that are in Playlists. It then deleted all songs off my iPod that were not in playlists.
While I use Playlists for most of my listening, I do enjoy listening to the occasional album that may not be in a current Playlist. You did give me an idea, though. I suppose I could create a playlist that contained all checked sings in my library and then made sure I selected that Playlist and used your suggestion. It's not pretty, but it might work. Thanks again.
Don't sync these playlists.
Select the iPod in iTunes.
Click the Music tab.
Select Sync music and Sync selected playlists.
Deselect the playlists you don't want on the iPod.
Windows XP Pro

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