Chesed

In our Commentary on Pirkei Avot (5:7) we have explained the expression chessed as denoting excess. It is especially used of extraordinary kindness. Loving-kindness is practised in two ways: first, we show kindness to those who have no claim whatever upon us; secondly, we are kind to those to whom it is due, in a greater measure than is due to them … The very act of creation is an act of God's loving-kindness: “I have said, ‘The universe is built in loving-kindness’” (Ps. 89:3)

Maimonides, "The Guide for the Perplexed", III:53