My playlists on iTunes are gone

All of my playlists on itunes (computer, MacBook Pro, Mavericks) are gone, but still on my iphone. How do I get it to sync to the phone and retrieve the playlists from the phone?
Thanks,
Jeff

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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automatically sync up the ipod with your itunes
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