How to sync IPhone without losing data?

I have not gotten a new computer.
I haven't used iTunes for the computer in a long time. Probably about a year or two. On iTunes on my pc, I have 99 songs. On my iphone, I have 237. Once before, I tried to sync my itunes and iphone but it erased my songs and filled my entire playlist with a bunch of songs nobody has ever heard of. I was stuck with a bunch of songs I never wanted, and lost my old ones. I had taken my phone to the apple store where they fixed it, and I haven't used itunes since. I have obviously purchased alot of songs since then and I want to update my itunes library so they are all in there because I am supposed to be getting a new phone soon. But I'm afraid that I will end up losing some sort of data in the process, and I do not use the icloud or anything since I find it rather confusing. I don't want to lose hundreds of dollars in music because of a computer program.
I also have CD's that I've downloaded to my computer and want to put into my itunes library then upload the new music to my phone, but yet I am still scared to do anything with the chance I may lose my songs. I feel if I try to sync, my iphone will take the 99 songs from my pc and then the other 138 songs will be long lost.
How do I sync without losing any content?

If there is media content on the device that isn't in your library see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
The user tip includes a link to a backup tip which you should use to make sure that you can recover your library in the event of a problem.
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