Matthew Poole and continuators on Ruth 2:2

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field and glean ears of corn after him, in whose sight I shall find grace ▪ And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

Which was permitted to the Poor, and the Stranger, Deut. 24. 19. both which she was; nor was she ashamed to confess her Poverty, nor would she eat the bread of idleness: whereby she sheweth her self to be a prudent, and diligent, and vertuous woman, as she is called, Ruth 3. 11.

For though it was their duty to permit this, Levit. 19. 9. and 23. 22. yet either she was ignorant thereof, or thought, that being a Stranger, it might be grudged, or denied to her; or, at least, that it became her modestly and humbly to acknowledge their kindness herein.